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Bibionid Flies

DateThu 2011-04-21

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A female Bibio anglicus (Diptera: Bibionidae).  As well as the orange thorax, the females have a yellowish abdomen:

The males are all black, as shown in this photo of a mating pair:

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-04-17.

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