Bibio imitator

Bibio imitator, common name garden maggot,^[1] is a species of fly from the genus Bibio,^[2] first described by Francis Walker in The Entomological Magazine vol 2, 1835.^[3] It occurs in Australia and New Zealand.

Bibio imitator
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bibionidae
Genus:	Bibio
Species:	B. imitator
Binomial name
Bibio imitator Francis Walker 1835

Description

Grows to length of 6. 5–7. 5 mm, with wings measuring 6.5 mm. Has an all-black coloring, with brown smokey wings. Features a dense yellow pile on the body of the males. A rufous head, thorax, and abdomen. Dark reddish-brown to black legs (excluding the coxae) of the females^{[citation needed]}