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Black Horsefly - Tabanus atratus
Copyright © 2007 Carla Finley

Black Horsefly - Tabanus atratus
Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, USA
September 14, 2007
I just can't get over how large this fly was. Sure looked a good inch to me.

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Contributed by Carla Finley on 16 September, 2007 - 12:25am

Female.
Easily an inch. I've seen some in collections that were positively frightening (given that females are blood feeders). What she is doing here I am not sure. Maybe that dead flower is still exuding something?
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 September, 2007 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

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