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Deer fly - Chrysops flavidus - female
Copyright © 2006 Machele White

Deer fly - Chrysops flavidus - Female
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
April 22, 2006
Size: 9mm
Not sure about this one, too many look alike to me. Came to light, chilled and released.
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Contributed by Machele White on 9 May, 2006 - 9:05am
Last updated 19 July, 2007 - 10:47am

Chrysops flavidus
A perfectly exposed image showing typical colouration for the species. An earlier image in the guide (#38279) is way underexposed making for a very dark-looking fly.
… Tony-2, 10 May, 2006 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
very much for your help on this.
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