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.
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