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Black and yellowish fly - Hybomitra

Trail from Santa Barbara Campground (east of Peñasco), Taos County, New Mexico, USA
June 17, 2016
Size: Big fly

Flying and hovering maybe 20 cm above trail—bare ground with a very small rill and horse manure, in lush spruce-fir-aspen forest, around 2700 m elevation. This was an extremely lucky shot, but maybe not identifiable.

I'm not even sure whether it's a fly, but the feeling I'm getting is Syrphidae.

Contributed by Jerry Friedman on 17 June, 2016 - 4:05pm
Last updated 18 June, 2016 - 12:55am

Moved

Moved from Flies.

… John S. Ascher, 18 June, 2016 - 12:55am

Thanks

for the ID.

… Jerry Friedman, 18 June, 2016 - 8:51am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Jerry Friedman, 17 June, 2016 - 6:06pm

i think this is a tabanid

something similar to

… metrioptera, 17 June, 2016 - 5:39pm

Thanks.

I just moved it to Diptera, but it sure looks like that picture and some others in Hybomitra, and it doesn't look like any of the guide's species in Tabanus. Too bad I didn't get a better picture. On the other hand, good thing it wasn't interested in biting me or my companion.

Incidentally, it kept facing the same way, more or less north, I think. I have other shots of it, all blurrier or smaller or both, all at exactly the same angle.

… Jerry Friedman, 17 June, 2016 - 6:11pm

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