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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Deer Flies (Chrysopsinae) » Chrysopsini » Chrysops » Chrysops lateralis
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deer fly - Chrysops lateralis - male
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

deer fly - Chrysops lateralis - Male
Topsham, Orange County, Vermont, USA
July 10, 2007

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deer fly - Chrysops lateralis - male deer fly - Chrysops lateralis - male
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Contributed by tom murray on 12 July, 2007 - 8:41am
Last updated 12 July, 2007 - 7:33pm

Thanks Tony
Is the weird eye color pattern indicative of a male, because the female that's already in the guide has normal eyes?
… tom murray, 12 July, 2007 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
not the pattern
but the fact that the eyes touch in the mid-line of the face. In many (posibly most) flies and all tabanids the male eyes touch as in your image; in females there is a wide gap, the frons, in the mid-line of the face between the eyes.
… A.W. Thomas, 12 July, 2007 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

Male
Chrysops lateralis. Nice photo.
… A.W. Thomas, 12 July, 2007 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

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