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Horsefly - Tabanus sulcifrons
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Horsefly - Tabanus sulcifrons
Springfield, Virginia, USA
September 10, 2004

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Contributed by Richard Leung on 11 September, 2004 - 7:28pm
Last updated 18 May, 2005 - 5:26am

image #6990, #9797
Tabanus sulcifrons, female
The heavily spotted wings and the white triangles on the abdomen segments indicate Tabanus sulcifrons, female. Although the eye pattern shows just 1 green stripe there is a second stripe (in sulcifrons)in the lower half of the eye. Regarded as a common pest species of horses and cattle in Virginia. It is a "late-season" species ranging from the Great Lakes to Texas and east to the Atlantic. T.sulcifrons is included in a complex of similar species but I have not seen a revision of this complex.
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