Ornate Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus ornatus

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae) » Chrysopilus » Ornate Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus ornatus)

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Copyright © 2012 Bruce Marlin

Ornate Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus ornatus -

Ogle County, Illinois, USA
May 20, 2012
Size: 13mm

This is one beautiful fly. I'd never seen one before.
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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 20 May, 2012 - 4:03pm
Last updated 9 March, 2023 - 4:42pm

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