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Golden-backed Snipe Fly

Chrysopilus thoracicus

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

golden hair on top of thorax, adults feed on aphids and other small insects

Habitat:

temperate forest

Notes:

This was my first and only time spotting this attractively marked fly. Heartland Forest.

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PublishedNovember 12, 2013

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