Rare snakefly species spotted in Inverness garden
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A rare predatory snakefly (Atlantoraphidia maculicollis), the only one of four UK snakefly species found in Scotland, was spotted in an Inverness garden. Buglife Scotland notes the insect lives high in pine tree canopies and is likely under-recorded due to its elusive habitat. High winds can occasionally blow them to lower levels.
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· 4 pulledIt is associated with pine trees where it lives right up in the top of the canopy.
It's the only species of snakefly that has been found in Scotland and is probably under-recorded due to its tree-topping habit.
The insects can sometimes be blown down to lower levels by high winds.
In Germany, they are known as camel-neck flies.
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