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Snipe Flies

DateSat 2012-06-30

A female Chrysopilus asiliformis (Diptera: Rhagionidae).  Distinguished from the otherwise similar female Chrysopilus cristatus by its yellow femurs.

A week and a half later I came across the following male about 100m from where I saw the female:

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-06-19 and 2012-06-28, respectively.

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