Rhagio scolopaceus
Length 8 to 16 mm. Like other Rhagio species R. scolopaceus are yellowy-orange (sometimes darkened) flies with long, slender legs. The sides of the thorax are grey as are the tops of the legs. The wing has several darkened marks.
They tend to sit on leaves in moist vegetation, and can be seen in hedgerows and woodland edges.
May to July.
Their larvae dwell in the ground.
Common and widespread in Britain.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath
19 May 2011
male
Graham Calow
The Grange Fields, Broughton Astley
21 May 2015
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
25 May 2013
David Nicholls
Thornton Reservoir
05 June 2012
AJ Cann
Lea Meadows
05 June 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Downlooker Snipefly
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Rhagionidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 95
- First record:
- 23/05/2009 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 05/06/2024 (Cooper, Barbara)
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David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Leicester.
27 June 2015
HAPeacock
River Soar - St Marys Mill
14 June 2012
David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
29 June 2012
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
06 June 2013
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
07 June 2016
