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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Deer Flies (Chrysopsinae) » Chrysopsini » Chrysops » carbonarius group (Chrysops carbonarius group) » Chrysops cincticornis
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Deer fly laying eggs - Chrysops cincticornis - female
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

Deer fly laying eggs - Chrysops cincticornis - Female
Belchertown - Scarborough Brook Conservation Area, Massachusetts, USA
June 21, 2008
Size: small- size of a deer fly
Those eyes are incredible...

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Deer fly laying eggs - Chrysops cincticornis - female Deer fly laying eggs - Chrysops cincticornis - female
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 22 June, 2008 - 9:13am
Last updated 9 January, 2012 - 8:31pm

Moved
Moved from Chrysops.
… John F. Carr, 9 January, 2012 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Deer Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 2 April, 2009 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Horse and Deer Flies. Based on antennae, apical spurs on tibiae, and patterned wings--not to mention size. I guess I never realized deer flies could be so furry, and I was under the mistaken impression that their eggs are always in flat masses.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 January, 2009 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 18 July, 2008 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

Great shot
Charley!
… Lynette Elliott, 22 June, 2008 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

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