Small fleck-winged snipefly
Rhagio lineola
The small fleck-winged snipefly is a little fly only about 6 millimetres long. Its body is covered in short yellowish hairs, and its yellow legs have broad brown bands. You can often spot it sitting on leaves in the woods.
Lives in
Parts of Europe, on low plants in woodland
Length
6 mm (0.24 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a small fly and does not hurt people.
What does it eat?
Not much is known about what it eats. Snipe fly larvae usually hunt other tiny animals in the soil.
How big is it?
How long is it?
💅small enough to sit on your fingernail⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 55 seconds⚡moves 320 times its own body length every second
How big is Small fleck-winged snipefly compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Small fleck-winged snipefly about 6.9 km/h (4.3 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Some of these flies in Ireland are so dark that the brown bands on their legs are almost hidden.
2
It has a long flying season, from May all the way to October.
3
The little shield on its back is yellow with a grey base.
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Most asked questions about Small fleck-winged snipefly
?Where does the small fleck-winged snipefly live?
In parts of Europe, on leaves of low plants in woodland.
?Is the small fleck-winged snipefly dangerous?
No. It is a small fly and harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Rhagio lineola
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Rhagionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Rhagionidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Rhagio lineola (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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