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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae) » Tabanini » Tabanus » Larvae (Tabanus Larvae)
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Crane Fly Larva? - Tabanus
Copyright © 2015 steelesj

Crane Fly Larva? - Tabanus
Flag Ponds Park, Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, USA
July 2, 2015
Size: appx 1.5 inches
Found crawling across the hiking trail near a swamp after a rainy morning.

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Crane Fly Larva? - Tabanus Crane Fly Larva? - Tabanus
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Contributed by steelesj on 22 October, 2015 - 1:55pm
Last updated 26 October, 2015 - 6:52pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 October, 2015 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

Or maybe a Tabanid?


Hold on to see what others think.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 October, 2015 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you are right
I would like a better view to the head to be sure, but for what I can distinguish, it is a tabanid. Tabanid have a small retractable head which is easy to see on this picture, while crane flies have larger head:
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 23 October, 2015 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Posted another picture
This is the best picture of the head that I had. I hope it helps.
… steelesj, 26 October, 2015 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

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