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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae) » Tabanini » Hybomitra » Hybomitra hinei
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fly in flight - Hybomitra hinei - male
Copyright © 2020 Paul Mackenzie

fly in flight - Hybomitra hinei - Male
Verona, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
Size: small about 2 cm
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Contributed by Paul Mackenzie on 26 June, 2020 - 5:07pm
Last updated 11 April, 2021 - 2:25pm

Moved
Moved from Horse and Deer Flies.
… A.W. Thomas, 11 April, 2021 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

It kept hovering at a fixed l
It kept hovering at a fixed location and returning there and that is how i got the photo. I had not seen this behavior in Deer Flies before and thought it must be some kind of "Hover fly"
… Paul Mackenzie, 5 July, 2020 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Horse fly
Males of some horse flies patrol territory and can be caught on camera hovering. In my experience they belong to genus Hybomitra. One wanted to maintain a fixed position relative to a bush. Another was going back and forth along a trail in the woods.
… John F. Carr, 5 July, 2020 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

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