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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae) » Chrysopilus » Chrysopilus fasciatus
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Unknown mated flies - Chrysopilus fasciatus - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Roger Rittmaster

Unknown mated flies - Chrysopilus fasciatus - Male Female
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 2, 2007
Size: about 1 cm
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Contributed by Roger Rittmaster on 11 June, 2007 - 8:09pm
Last updated 27 September, 2014 - 6:40am

Moved
Moved from Chrysopilus.
… John S. Ascher, 27 September, 2014 - 6:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ornate Snipe Fly. The amount of golden setae on the abdomen makes me think this may be another species.
… Brad Barnd, 24 May, 2012 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

One of the snipe flies
such as Chrysopilus ornatus - Ornate Snipe Fly in the guide here. Something very similar at
… john and jane balaban, 11 June, 2007 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. Chrysopilus thoracic
Thanks. Chrysopilus thoracicus was common here a couple of weeks ago, and the similarity is obvious enough, I should have guessed (if it weren't for my fear of fly id's). - Roger
… Roger Rittmaster, 11 June, 2007 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysopilus species
Nice photo--I love the flattened "U" shape the happy couple makes. I had a similar one in my yard on 6/10, but did not get a photo. Could be Chrysopilus fasciatus (no photos here, but common in NCSU collection), or maybe Chrysopilus ornatus, of which there are photos here, and also pretty common in NCSU collection--see comments to my image above.

Fear of fly ID's is well-justified--almost all of my biggest goofs have been of flies! I now approach them with healthy trepidation.
… Cotinis, 11 June, 2007 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

 
dark spot in wing consistent with fasciatus
not ornatus
… John S. Ascher, 27 September, 2014 - 6:38am login or register to post comments

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