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Fly 15 - Tabanus punctifer
Copyright © 2007 Jillian H. Cowles

Fly 15 - Tabanus punctifer
Vail, Pima County, Arizona, USA
November 1, 2007
Size: about 2 cm
Found in area with cattle and water
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Contributed by Jillian H. Cowles on 15 February, 2008 - 11:47pm
Last updated 22 February, 2008 - 2:39pm

Male Western Horse Fly (Tabanus punctifer, Tabanidae)
Males like this one don't bite, while females of these large Horse-Flies can inflict a painful bite through the skin, to take a "blood meal" (although they rarely manage to land upon humans unnoticed). Cattle and horses - as their name suggests - are their primary victims.
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