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Gold-backed Snipe Flies - Chrysopilus ornatus - male - female
Copyright © 2006 Callen Harty

Gold-backed Snipe Flies - Chrysopilus ornatus - Male Female
Governor Dodge State Park (Pine Cliff State Natural Area), Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA
June 19, 2006
These two came flying by joined together and landed on a leaf near where I was standing. They appear to be some kind of syrphid flies, but I'm unable to figure out which species. The photo was taken on a high bluff above a lake, in a heavily wooded area (a stand of both pines and hardwoods).
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Contributed by Callen Harty on 21 June, 2006 - 7:37am
Last updated 27 June, 2006 - 11:51am

We would guess
Chrysopilus ornatus - Gold-backed Snipe Fly. Images can be found in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 21 June, 2006 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thx.
Thank you very much. I must have gone right by those in the guide.
… Callen Harty, 21 June, 2006 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

 
These are Rhagionids
so you might have missed the entire family in your search. There are just too many flies!! :)
… john and jane balaban, 21 June, 2006 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

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