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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae) » Tabanus » Tabanus trimaculatus
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Horsefly - Tabanus trimaculatus - female
Copyright © 2005 Signa Williams

Horsefly - Tabanus trimaculatus - Female
Gates County, North Carolina, USA
June 11, 2005
Picture 2 of 2; lateral view

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Horsefly - Tabanus trimaculatus - female Tabanus? - Tabanus trimaculatus
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Contributed by Signa Williams on 12 June, 2005 - 3:46pm
Last updated 13 June, 2005 - 2:59pm

Thanks for posting
It's a beauty! Tabanus trimaculatus, a female. Very few tabanids have common names but 3-Spotted Black Tabanus would be a reasonable name.
A Guide Page to follow.

Anthony W. Thomas
… Tony-2, 12 June, 2005 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
We have no shortage of biting flies here. Thanks for putting a name to one of them!
… Signa Williams, 12 June, 2005 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

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