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biting fly? - Chrysops vittatus - female
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biting fly? - Chrysops vittatus - Female
Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 26, 2019
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Contributed by Marcia Morris on 2 August, 2019 - 9:02am
Last updated 3 August, 2019 - 9:41am

Moved
Moved from Chrysops.
… A.W. Thomas, 2 August, 2019 - 12:31pm

 
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Thank you Tony. I thought about asking you.
… A. Hendrickson, 2 August, 2019 - 1:56pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Marcia Morris, 2 August, 2019 - 10:58am

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Chrysops? Someone told me they were deer flies, so I looked them up and found this similar one from Allen's Acres
… A. Hendrickson, 2 August, 2019 - 9:11am

 
Common all over
The same species was very common in eastern Massachusetts in late July.
… John F. Carr, 3 August, 2019 - 9:42am

 
Thanks!
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… Marcia Morris, 2 August, 2019 - 10:57am

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