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Tranquil Horse fly - Stonemyia tranquilla - female
Copyright © 2006 Tony DiTerlizzi

Tranquil Horse fly - Stonemyia tranquilla - Female
Robert Frost Trail, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 6, 2006
Size: ~1 cm
Looks like Tom's pic of Stonemyia tranquilla (Tranquil Horse fly), but I'd love confirmation before I move it there...
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 6 August, 2006 - 3:29pm

Your safe
to move it; a female.
… Tony-2, 6 August, 2006 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Tony,
..as always...does it bite warm-bloods with that really long beak!?
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 6 August, 2006 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
not a blood feeder
I placed some information on the Info page for the genus.
… Tony-2, 6 August, 2006 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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