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Rhagio Sp614 - Rhagio - male - female
Copyright © 2004 Steve Nanz

Rhagio Sp614 - Rhagio - Male Female
Promised Land State Park, Pike County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 29, 2004
Rhagio Sp (Snipe Fly) perhaps?
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 8 January, 2006 - 12:54pm
Last updated 9 January, 2006 - 8:31am

Rhagionidae: Rhagio sp.
Rhagionidae: Rhagio sp.
… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Nice shot
Promised Land is in the Mountains of the Poconos, but the county's name is Pike, please, fix it.
I think that the male is on the right because it has big eyes that meet along the midline. This is a very common sex difference among flies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 8 January, 2006 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for correcting that
I saw the abdomen size and I was using that to determine the sex of the fly. I will edit the county.
… Matthew Roth, 8 January, 2006 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

I would confirm.
Looks very close to this photo in the genus Rhagio:

I believe the male is on the left.
… Matthew Roth, 8 January, 2006 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

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