A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Chrysopilus sp.
A Snipe Fly of about 1cm in length, with the entire body covered in gold colored hair. The eyes are greenish and the halteres are dark. Family Rhagionidae.
Garden lights, semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2,200 meters.
Three years ago I found a peculiar Snipe Fly in southern Chiapas with Orange metallic hair, orange eyes and orange halteres. Must be a different species, but I haven't found it yet. See: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/203.... https://www.researchgate.net/publication... https://bugguide.net/node/view/116 https://bugguide.net/node/view/292/bgpag...
Spotted on Jul 12, 2018
Submitted on Nov 28, 2018
No Comments