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Tabanus proximus - female
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Tabanus proximus - Female
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 16, 2007
Size: 26 mm
High magnification view shows characteristic of family Tabanidae:
-tarsi with 3 pads underneath (as opposed to 2, typical of most diptera).

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Contributed by Cotinis on 28 September, 2007 - 11:51am
Last updated 30 September, 2007 - 3:10am

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