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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae) » Tabanini » Tabanus » Tabanus melanocerus
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Horse fly - Tabanus melanocerus - male
Copyright © 2007 Machele White

Horse fly - Tabanus melanocerus - Male
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
May 30, 2007
Size: 20mm
Male Tabanus melanocerus?

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Horse fly - Tabanus melanocerus - male Horse fly - Tabanus melanocerus - male
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Contributed by Machele White on 31 July, 2007 - 6:15am
Last updated 2 March, 2012 - 11:20am

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your images are stunning; thank you so much.

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… lee garret, 20 June, 2008 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Horse Flies.
… Machele White, 31 July, 2007 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

Male Tabanus melanocerus
This looks like a male of Tabanus melanocerus Wiedemann
… JBurger, 31 July, 2007 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

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