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- This page contains pictures and information about March Flies in Family Bibionidae
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- The common name 'March Fly' is a bit confusing. In Europe and North
America, the term 'March fly' is applied to the family Bibionidae. In
Australia, 'March fly' is for other fly family Tabanidae.
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- Adults in this family are slow moving, usually dark in colour. They are
nectar and pollen feeder. Larvae live in soil or plants, feeds on decaying
plant materials.
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- We only found one species in this family.
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 - Plecia amplipennis, body length 15mm
- This fly was found outside our house in Eight Mile Plains during mid
summer. The fly was black in colour with orange thorax. This colour scheme
seems mimic a kind of wasp.
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- Reference:
- 1. Wildlife
of Tropical North Queensland - Queensland Museum Publications 2000,
p104.
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