Mydas clavatus (Drury, 1773)

Clubbed Mydas Fly

Synonyms: Bibio filata, Musca clavatus, Nemotelus asiloides

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Diptera

Family: Mydidae

Genus: Mydas

Species: Mydas clavatus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Mydas clavatus