Nick Upton / Snipe fly / Downlooker fly (Rhagio scolopacea) on a tree stump, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, May.

Guy Edwardes / Snipe fly (Rhagio scolopacea) perched on leaf, Dorset, UK, June.

Rod Williams / Downlooker snipefly (Rhagio scolopaceus) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. May

Nick Upton / Snipe fly or Downlooker fly (Rhagio scolopacea) perched on a fence post looking out for flying prey, Wiltshire, UK, June.

MYN / Tim Hunt / Snipe fly (Rhagio scolopacea), garden in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, UK, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harcourt Davies / Snipe Fly (Rhagio scolopacea) on leaf, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy

Nick Upton / Snipe fly or Downlooker fly (Rhagio scolopacea) perched on riverside leaf, on lookout for aerial insect prey. Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Snipe / Downlooker fly (Rhagio scolopacea) perched on riverside leaf, on lookout for aerial insect prey, Wiltshire, UK, May

Kim Taylor / Snipe Fly (Rhagia scolopacea) resting on Sorrel leaf. UK

Kim Taylor / Snipe Fly (Rhagia scolopacea) resting on Buttercup leaf. UK

Premaphotos / Mottle-winged snipe fly, downlooker fly (Rhagio scolopacea) on a nettle leaf, UK

Premaphotos / Mottle-winged snipe fly, downlooker fly (Rhagio scolopacea) on the bark of a tree, UK

Duncan Mcewan / Snipe fly {Rhagio scolopacea} Scotland, UK