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Gold-Backed Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus thoracicus
Copyright © 1993 Janice Stiefel

Gold-Backed Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus thoracicus
Town of Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA
June 14, 1993
Size: w.s. 5/8 in.
Adult sitting on vegetation along the valley of the Mullet River. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CREATURE! Also found one here in Door County on June 17, 1996. Chrysopilus is from the Greek words, chrysos, meaning "gold," and, pilos, meaning "hair;" thoracicus, is from the Greek word, thorakos, meaning "a breast-plate, the chest...from "Biological Names and Terms" by Edmund C. Jaeger..
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Contributed by Janice Stiefel on 2 March, 2008 - 5:16pm

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