Kingdom Animalia Order Diptera Genus Bibio Higher classification Bibio | Phylum Arthropoda Family Bibionidae Scientific name Bibio marci Rank Species | |
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Similar Bibio, Insect, Fly, Bibionidae, Bibio hortulanus | ||
Tie tv cdc bibio marci dry fly marc petitjean
Bibio marci or St. Mark's fly is a fly from the family Bibionidae. Their common name comes from the fact that the adults usually emerge around St Mark's Day, 25 April.
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Biology
Like most bibionid larvae, they grow up in grassy areas and are herbivores and scavengers feeding on dead vegetation or living plant roots. Bibio marci larvae are known to be root damage pests of celery, asparagus, roses, saxifrages, lawn grass, lettuce and Polyanthus. They also feed on a very large number of plant species that are commercially unimportant.
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Bibio marci Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA