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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 » Chrysops abatus
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Deer Fly - Chrysops abatus - female
Copyright © 2012 Robert Lord Zimlich

Deer Fly - Chrysops abatus - Female
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
March 31, 2012
This dear little fly is a happy fly, as she has added a new species for BG.
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 2 April, 2012 - 12:21pm
Last updated 30 January, 2023 - 4:43pm

Moved
Moved from Chrysops dorsovittatus.
… A.W. Thomas, 30 January, 2023 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

corrected ID
A rather melanistic specimen (Chrsops spp.from the south often darker from those more northern).
The dark thorax, the small yellow middorsal triangle on tergite 3, and especially the apical dot and hyaline triangle in the wing make this abatus.
… A.W. Thomas, 30 January, 2023 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

Neglected
This fly feels sad because it is not in the new taxon gallery.
… John F. Carr, 19 September, 2014 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chrysops.
… John F. Carr, 6 July, 2014 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 2 April, 2012 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

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