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Chlorotabanus crepuscularis? - Chlorotabanus crepuscularis - female
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

Chlorotabanus crepuscularis? - Chlorotabanus crepuscularis - Female
Pinelands Natural Area, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
May 14, 2006
Size: 2cm
You can see the tracheae through the abdomen!
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Contributed by Sean McCann on 14 May, 2006 - 10:52am
Last updated 14 May, 2006 - 1:37pm

Defined as
"Trachea. (Plural tracheae). One of the minute tubes which permeate the insect body and carry gases to and from the various organs etc. They open to the air at the spiracles" - just to save any other amateurs from having to look that up. (I got that from Coleoptera.org)

From comments in the guide, I don't think this can be confused with anything else. I just saw one yesterday - lovely, aren't they?
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 14 May, 2006 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

 
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They are pretty nice. The best thing about them though is that they are rather retiring. The deerflies, on the other hand....
-Sean McCann


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