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Red Saint Marc fly

Bibio hortulanus graecus

Description:

A black, red back female Bibio hortulanus spp Graecus, spotted while mating with its smaller/ total black/ bigger head male, in my front balcony...Clearly the species is dimorphic, and this particular subspecies, is endemic in Greece. They become more visible as a species during the mating period, when they sit in open sunlit spaces.

2 Species ID Suggestions

RachaelB
RachaelB 11 years ago
Harlequin Fly
Bibio hortulanus Bibio hortulanus - Wikipédia
St. Mark's flies
Bibio spp. Bibio (fly)


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5 Comments

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Dear @RachaelB, thank you for your ID suggestion, it fits perfectly :)
Updating ASAP!

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Dear @MargaritaOrlova, thank you so much for the ID suggestion!

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Yes @Injica, they are sooo different :)

RachaelB
RachaelB 11 years ago

The red one is the female and the male is the small black one. Here are a few of my spottings of them:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/156...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/167...

injica
injica 11 years ago

Can't believe how different they look like :)

Δήμος Βόλου, Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας, Greece

Spotted on Apr 12, 2013
Submitted on Apr 12, 2013

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