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Amazing Bibio cf. johannis
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Hi



* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 28.02.2007
* size - 5 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - farmland
* substrate - grass


Fantastic fly!
Is it ID species possible?

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Well, it's certainly a Bibio sp. ... I wouldn't call it "amazing" it looks fairly normal Wink I also wouldn't like to put a name to it though - I can't see enough to even run it through the British key. Sad
 
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Smile amazing eyes! They have a constriction! Wink
 
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Amazing when first seen,
but quite typical for male Bibio,

as far as I can tell,
this should be Bibio johannis, the earliest spring species

Theo Zeegers
 
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yes, Zeegers. This was indeed my first sight of Bibio sp. Smile
 
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