Rhagio lineola
Like other Rhagio species R. lineola are yellowy-orange flies with long, slender legs. Length 6 to 8 mm. The thorax is uniformly grey, and the wing has a solid dark blackish stigma.
Hedgerows woods and other well wooded areas with rich vegetation.
Found from May to September.
The adult is a predator of smaller flies and other insects whilst its larvae feed on earthworms and beetle larvae.
This is a common 'Snipe Fly' and widespread throughout Britain.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
11 August 2016
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft
14 July 2011
male
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
12 July 2008
male
Mike Higgott
Bradgate Park
23 June 2017
male
Graham Calow
Sapcote
22 May 2009
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
17 July 2015
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Species profile
- Common names
- Small Fleck-winged Snipefly
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Rhagionidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 13
- First record:
- 12/07/2008 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 14/07/2024 (Higgott, Mike)
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David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
12 July 2008
female
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
11 August 2016
