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Mating Ornate Snipe Flies - Chrysopilus ornatus - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Jay Greenberg

Mating Ornate Snipe Flies - Chrysopilus ornatus - Male Female
Oatka Creek Park, Monroe County, New York, USA
June 23, 2009
I believe these mating flies are ornate snipe flies. I suspect that the male is the more slender one on the right.
Contributed by Jay Greenberg on 2 July, 2009 - 4:10pm

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