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Fossil Snipe Fly (Bolbomyia) In Baltic Amber
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Day 135#: Golden-Backed Snipe Fly
Today's animal of the day is the Golden-Backed Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus thoracicus)!
Photo credit: Katja Schulz
This species of fly can be found throughout the woodlands of eastern North America. They resemble large houseflies with smoky-colored wings, silver stripes on their abdomens, and their namesake golden patch on the upper part of their thorax. They are almost identical to another species of snipe fly, called Chrysopilus davisi, but they can be told apart by C. davisi's lack of silver stripes. However, the two species are very closely related and have even been observed mating with one another, though it's currently unknown whether or not these pairings can produce offspring.
Photo credit: Thomas Koffel
They are called "snipe flies" because their long downward-pointing proboscis looks like the beak of a snipe, which is a type of wading bird and not just a fictional creature that parents tell their kids to look for whenever they want to be left alone. These flies are often mistaken for horse flies or some other type of biting fly, but this species doesn't bite and is completely harmless to humans. Their diet actually consists of insects such as aphids and smaller species of flies. The black, silver, and gold coloration of these flies is actually a form of mimicry that makes them resemble bees or wasps, which helps discourages insectivorous birds from eating them.
Snipe fly (rhagionidae)
A beautiful walk this morning. Very sunny and warm.
This has to definitely be one of the more fashionable flies I've seen. Its back looks like it's gold plated. Chrysopilus thoracicus (golden-backed snipe fly) Northeastern Pennsylvania
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Banded Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus fasciatus), male, taken May 25, 2025, in Georgia, US
One of many beautiful male banded snipe flies I've met this spring! For all the males I've seen, I've still yet to encounter a female. The male-to-female ratio is either insane, or females hang out in places I am not privy to. Females of this species are quite easily differentiated from males, having a larger, rounder abdomen, smaller eyes that don't touch each other (as is the case with most flies), and white patterning instead of gold. Male flies have large eyes that take up pretty much the entire head because it gives them an increased ability to find a female. Larger eyes = larger field of vision = higher likelihood of seeing a lady flitting by!
Snipe fly/snäppfluga. Värmland, Sweden (June 6, 2015).
@jambrandwich submitted: Let's look at some long leg lads! Or ladies! Can't really ask. I tried, but got no answer.
Who gave them permission to have such leggies?
Long leg lads and ladies!! I love them all. They are doing it for fashion I think so they don't need permission.
