| Bibionidae | |
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| Bibio johannis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Nematocera |
| Infraorder: | Bibionomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Bibionoidea |
| Family: | Bibionidae Fleming, 1821 |
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Bibionidae (March flies) is a family of flies (Diptera) containing approximately 650–700 species worldwide. Adults are nectar feeders and emerge in numbers in spring. Because of the likelihood of adult flies being found in copula, they have earned colloquial names such as "love bugs" or "honeymoon flies".[1]
- ^ Hetrick, L. A. (1970). "Biology of the "Love-Bug", Plecia Nearctica (Diptera: Bibionidae)". The Florida Entomologist. 53 (1): 23–26. doi:10.2307/3493110. ISSN 0015-4040. JSTOR 3493110.