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Small fly from Vermont - Chrysops lateralis - female
Copyright © 2006 Mike Future

Small fly from Vermont - Chrysops lateralis - Female
Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
July 20, 2006
Same fly

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Small fly from Vermont - Chrysops lateralis - female Small fly from Vermont - Chrysops lateralis - female
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Contributed by Mike Future on 24 July, 2006 - 9:28pm
Last updated 5 August, 2006 - 6:22am

And they bite people
something fierce. Especially bad in swarms.
… bulrush, 28 July, 2006 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

Deer Fly
Those eyes are characteristic of deer flies, and the elongated final antennal segment is also charactertistic of family Tabanidae.
… Stephen Cresswell, 25 July, 2006 - 6:16am login or register to post comments

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