Nick Upton / Male Black Snipe fly (Chrysopilus cristatus), standing on a Philadelphus leaf in a garden, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Rod Williams / Female black snipefly (Chrysopilus cristatus), Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, June

Jussi Murtosaari / Flies (Brachycera) on leaf, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. June

Rod Williams / Male Black Snipefly (Chrysopilus cristatus) Ladywell Fields, Lewisham, London, England, UK. June

Jussi Murtosaari / Fly (Brachycera) on Lily of the Valley berries, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. September

Doug Wechsler / Banded snipefly (Chrysopilus fasciatus) on leaf, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. June.