Australian garden maggot

Bibio imitator · Order: Diptera · Family: Bibionidae

Also called: garden maggot

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Australian garden maggot
Photo: Steve Kerr, CC BY

The Australian garden maggot is about 6.5 mm long and its wings are roughly the same length. It is all black with smoky brown wings, a rufous head, thorax and abdomen, and males have a dense yellow covering on the body. Females have dark reddish-brown to black legs, and the species is found in Australia and New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

All-black body with smoky brown wings; head, thorax and abdomen are rufous; males have dense yellow pile; females have dark reddish-brown to black legs.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Length about 6.5 mm; wings about 6.5 mm long.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Occurs in Australia and New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Bibionidae)

Hawthorn FlyHawthorn FlyBibio marciDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon LovebugCommon LovebugPlecia nearcticaWhite-winged March FlyWhite-winged March FlyBibio albipennisLovebugLovebugBibio femoratusBibio articulatusBibio articulatusBibio articulatusBlossom FlyBlossom FlyDilophus nigrostigma

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibio_imitator

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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