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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 » Tabanus americanus
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My, what big eyes you have - Tabanus americanus - male
Copyright © 2016 John Hartgerink

My, what big eyes you have - Tabanus americanus - Male
Baton Rouge, Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
June 10, 2016
Size: about 1 inch
I thought I was seeing a small cicada on the trail ahead.
But on closer look, the eyes did not look right.
I thought maybe a fly, but that didn't seem right either.
Then I thought I don't know, and that seems right.

It tried to fly, but couldn't.
The wings seem very fresh looking and maybe the veins were not fully filled with fluids yet?

John

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Contributed by John Hartgerink on 10 June, 2016 - 2:40pm
Last updated 21 April, 2018 - 7:24pm

Moved
Moved from Tabanus.
… A.W. Thomas, 21 April, 2018 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Horse Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 24 June, 2016 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Horse and Deer Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 19 June, 2016 - 6:38am login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 10 June, 2016 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

Male - Horse Fly
Possibly something very close to this guy, with the greenish eyes, white hairs under the wing-bases, all-dark abdomen and mostly clear wings. Let's wait for an expert opinion, because the genus is very large.
If confirmed, you have filmed the largest Tabanid on Earth. Nice shots!
Tabanus americanus: ♂ (south-eastern range)
… Bob Biagi, 10 June, 2016 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

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