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Deer Fly - Chrysops montanus - female
Copyright © 2007 Brad Barnd

Deer Fly - Chrysops montanus - Female
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
July 2, 2007
Size: 9 mm
Deer fly that tried (unsuccessfully) to bite me.

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Deer Fly - Chrysops montanus - female Deer Fly - Chrysops montanus - female
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 4 July, 2007 - 12:23am
Last updated 9 June, 2011 - 3:23pm

A new species
for the Guide, moved.
… A.W. Thomas, 4 July, 2007 - 8:53pm

 
Thanks Tony.
Thanks Tony.
… Brad Barnd, 5 July, 2007 - 12:28am

That'll show her!
It's time someone turned the tables- maybe some kind of Mengele-style vivisection experiments are in order (for research purposes, of course)...

;)
… Chuck Entz, 4 July, 2007 - 6:58pm

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