Bibio imitator

Garden maggot at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Bibio imitator	21 Nov 2021	MichaelBedingfield
	Unidentified	19 Nov 2021	Shell

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User's notes

was quitely sitting on the pear leaf/netting; moved on disturbance usually to the other side of the leaf. I may be wrong but seemed to fly with body erect almost

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RogerF wrote:

19 Nov 2021

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Location information

Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

5 Abundance
Shell Recorded by
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Insects True flies (Diptera) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) Shell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

pear ; but was present on the netting inside the vege bed too Associated plant
12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Bibio imitator Scientific name
Garden maggot Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 815.73m Recorded at altitude
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