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Chrysopsinae, deer fly - Chrysops
Copyright © 2007 David Sarkozi

Chrysopsinae, deer fly - Chrysops
Anahuac NWR, Chambers County, Texas, USA
May 20, 2007
Size: 1/4 inch
Biting Fly (biting me in the picture!) very common near marshy areas less common in dry upland areas
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Contributed by David Sarkozi on 20 May, 2007 - 11:21pm
Last updated 8 November, 2007 - 4:56pm

C. brunneus Hine
Based on the swollen scape & pedicel, the seemingly dilute abdominal pattern, and the apical spot faintly rounding to the posterior margin of the wing, I'd say Chrysops brunneus.
… drswanny, 2 February, 2008 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Horse and Deer Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 8 November, 2007 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

Truly a dedicated photographer!
Well, that did keep it nice and still. I think it's a deer fly, a type which used to gnaw on me when I was a kid, fishing on lakes in Ontario. See:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/11386

A friend of mine hates to photograph insects on anything he calls "an anthropomorphic surface". Generally, he includes human hands in that category, but excludes situations like this where the body part "is actually a habitat."
… Ron Hemberger, 21 May, 2007 - 5:18am login or register to post comments

 
subject did not survive the session
During the summer at Anahuac NWR you can be devoured by these beasts. This one had such a good hold on me that I was able to change lenses using that hand while he was attached.
… David Sarkozi, 21 May, 2007 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

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