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Lesser Variegated Snipe Fly

Rhagio punctipennis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 13, February 14, March 16, April 26, May 66, June 22, July 13, August 13, September 16, October 14, November 12, December 12.
United States1,296
Virginia199
Maryland184
North Carolina166
New York160
Massachusetts91
Maine84
Tennessee75
West Virginia64
New Jersey47

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilySnipe Flies · Rhagionidae
GenusRhagio

Sources

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