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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae) » Rhagio » Unidentified Western Rhagio spp. (Rhagio Unidentified Western Rhagio spp.)
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Mystery fly - Rhagio
Copyright © 2006 Tom Shermer

Mystery fly - Rhagio
New Westminster, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
June 28, 2006
Found in the evening (8pm) on a rose bush outside my condo, about 10 meters from the Fraser River.
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Contributed by Tom Shermer on 16 July, 2006 - 11:56pm
Last updated 13 December, 2022 - 11:12am

Moved
Moved from Rhagio.
… Even Dankowicz, 13 December, 2022 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Snipe Flies.
… Peter Kerr, 27 July, 2010 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

Rhagionidae, probably Rhagio sp.
Rhagionidae, probably Rhagio sp.
… Norm Woodley, 5 March, 2007 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 15 February, 2007 - 3:32am login or register to post comments

Male snipe fly?
I would suggest this is a male (holoptic eyes that meet atop the head) snipe fly in the family Therevidae. Dr. Martin Hauser can confirm or deny that:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 July, 2006 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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