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Large black fly - Tabanus atratus
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.
… A.W. Thomas, 24 July, 2019 - 1:09pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 24 July, 2019 - 8:11am

Tabanus atratus ?
Are the eyes separated or not? Male or female?
… S. E. Seater, 23 July, 2019 - 9:10pm

 
female
male head shape quite different
… A.W. Thomas, 24 July, 2019 - 1:09pm

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