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snipe fly - Chrysopilus quadratus - male
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

snipe fly - Chrysopilus quadratus - Male
Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
June 23, 2007
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Contributed by tom murray on 25 June, 2007 - 10:24pm
Last updated 26 June, 2007 - 7:49am

Must be male
with those big-ole eyes, the better to see something (females?) with. Compare what is presumably a female of this species, with much smaller eyes:
… Cotinis, 26 June, 2007 - 6:27am login or register to post comments

 
Male it must be
This one species is quite variable in color.
… tom murray, 26 June, 2007 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

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