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Welcome to Family Bibionidae!

Bibionidae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Diptera > Suborder Nematocera > Infraorder Bibionomorpha > Family Bibionidae

(From Wikipedia) Bibionidae (March flies) is a family of flies (Diptera) found worldwide. Adults are nectar feeders and emerge in numbers in spring.

FACT: Many of these flies are called lovebugs due to the adults frequently being found joined in reproduction!

Currently discovered: 2/3 Subfamilies

Subfamily

  1. Pleciinae
  2. Bibioninae