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Bibio longipes

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Description:

very small ~0.5 cm long, unusual abdominal tip triple pronged, humongous eyes, short beaded antennae, translucent iridescent wings

Habitat:

resting on top of raspberry leaf, warm day just before rain, two individual on same plant in the general area, at the forest edge of a hemlock forest and meadow near a stream

Notes:

BUGGUIDE ID:
Bibionidae (March Flies) » Bibio » Bibio Fall species (longipes and slossonae) (Fall species (longipes and slossonae)) » Bibio longipes

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PublishedOctober 31, 2013

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