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Ornate Snipe Fly

Chrysopilus ornatus.

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Species Chrysopilus ornatus - Ornate Snipe Fly - BugGuide.Net

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ForestDragon
This looks like one of the Snipe Flies, Family Rhagionidae. I am leaning towards an Ornate Snipe Fly, Chrysopilus ornatus. http://bugguide.net/node/view/22066

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PublishedJune 14, 2016

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