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snipe fly: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: BugGuide - Snipe Flies.	Dutta Promeet	Feb 06, 2011
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 26, 2010
	Article revised and updated.	Kara Rogers	Mar 01, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998