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any ideas? - Chrysopilus thoracicus - female
Copyright © 2007 Kali

any ideas? - Chrysopilus thoracicus - Female
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, Calvert County, Maryland, USA
May 29, 2007
Any one know what this is?
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Contributed by Kali on 29 May, 2007 - 12:46pm
Last updated 13 March, 2008 - 7:52pm

Type of snipe fly?
Looks like Chrysopilus thoracicus.
… Ed Corey, 29 May, 2007 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like it, thanks a bunch
Looks like it, thanks a bunch!!
… Kali, 29 May, 2007 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

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