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Bibio articulatus
Bibio articulatus is a species of march fly in the family Bibionidae. Its distinctive features are its dark exoskeleton that varies from black to a deep red, and red/orange legs.
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Description
B. articulatus' wingspan is on average ~6 mm. Their femora and tibiae are both colored orange or red, with both inner and outer foretibial spurs the same length, and the foretibia colored brown. Their bodies are black with females having a colored thorax. They have lightly colored posterior wing veins compared to other species.
Range & habitat
Bibio articulatus is most commonly found in the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains, all the way to the coast.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 494437.