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Orange Snipe Fly

Chrysopilus sp.

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

A large orange Snipe Fly with metallic orange hair, orange halteres and orange eyes. A single dark spot on the outer edge of each wing. About 1 cm long. Family Rhagionidae.

Habitat:

Came to a black light. Finca Argovia, Ruta de Cafe, Soconusco area of southern Chiapas, Mexico. About 1 hour from Tapachula.

Notes:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238623118_Chrysopilus_Diptera_…
https://bugguide.net/node/view/292/bgpage?from=0
https://bugguide.net/node/view/116

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Rhagionidae

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PublishedMarch 13, 2016

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