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Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus)
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Copyright © 2019
S. E. Seater
Large black fly -
Tabanus atratus
Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
July 21, 2019
Size: 35mm
Very large totally black fly hiding in the shade under a vinyl clapboard on a very hot day, letting me get quite close.
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Contributed by
S. E. Seater
on 23 July, 2019 - 8:25pm
Last updated 24 July, 2019 - 1:09pm
Moved
Moved from
Tabanus
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A.W. Thomas
, 24 July, 2019 - 1:09pm
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Tyler Hedlund
, 24 July, 2019 - 8:11am
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Tabanus atratus ?
Are the eyes separated or not? Male or female?
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S. E. Seater
, 23 July, 2019 - 9:10pm
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female
male head shape quite different
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A.W. Thomas
, 24 July, 2019 - 1:09pm
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