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BG1440 C8252 - Chrysopilus - male
Copyright © 2007 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG1440 C8252 - Chrysopilus - Male
Gloster, Gloster Arboretum, Amite County, Mississippi, USA
April 29, 2007
Size: body length 10.6 mm.
We believe this is a snipe fly (Rhagionidae).
Proper placement would be appreciated.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 24 January, 2008 - 6:37pm
Last updated 26 January, 2008 - 11:38am

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Moved from Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 26 January, 2008 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Martin,
We appreciate your help.
These were fairly common on the day that it was collected.
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 30 January, 2008 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

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