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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae) » Rhagio » Small Fleck-winged Snipe Fly (Rhagio lineola)
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fly? - Rhagio lineola - female
Copyright © 2010 Michael Battenberg

fly? - Rhagio lineola - Female
Toronto, Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada
July 11, 2010
Size: 1cm
I found this fly right after the World Cup match ended. It was on my windshield seemingly enjoying sap that had fallen. It would bow down and eat, then pop itself back up and wave it's front legs around. It looks rather syrphid like, though pointy like a Snipe fly.
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Contributed by Michael Battenberg on 11 July, 2010 - 4:53pm
Last updated 16 August, 2010 - 3:15pm

Moved
Moved from Rhagio.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 August, 2010 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Rhagio lineola
It would appear to be a female Rhagio lineola, however almost all the Canadian specimens at the CNC are from Ottawa, and only one in the Guelph collection has it in Wellington county. I was unaware that they have been collected in Toronto yet(not even the ROM has them), so nice find!
… Christmas C.Y. Ho, 16 August, 2010 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rhagio.
… Peter Kerr, 27 July, 2010 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rhagio.
… Peter Kerr, 27 July, 2010 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Snipe Flies.
… Peter Kerr, 27 July, 2010 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

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… Martin Hauser, 12 July, 2010 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

Snipe Fly (Rhagionidae), I think.
Resembles Rhagio:



Wait for expert confirmation/correction, though.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 July, 2010 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

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