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Marsh snipe fly

Rhagio tringarius

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

1 cm long fly

Habitat:

Nature trail

Reference Links:

http://www.naturalis-historia.de/cgi-bin/Seite.pl?systematisch;Rhagionidae%20-%…

Species ID Suggestions

Marsh Snipe Fly

Rhagio tringarius

Reference Link
Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (2)
injica
Agromyzidae have a tail like this....
Jacob Gorneau
Beautiful! Please verify, as I've not seen many of this species with a whitish tail, it usually is black.

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PublishedJune 27, 2013

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