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Earth worms, insects and other small animals that live between the leaves on the forest floor.
8 - 16 mm.
They tend to sit on leaves in moist vegetation, and can be seen in hedgerows and woodland edges.
May - July.
Several species in this genus are referred to as down looker snipefly
or down-looker flies because they sometimes perch on trees
trunks in a head-down position.
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