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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Unidentified Deer and Horse Fly Eggs
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Egg Cluster
Copyright © 2008 Stephanie Ansley

Egg Cluster
Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
June 12, 2008
A few of these were found in a pond. It appearsto be an egg cluster of some sort. Not sure if the bug is tending to it, raiding it or just passing by. Any help with info on the eggs and bug is appreciated.
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Contributed by Stephanie Ansley on 23 June, 2008 - 4:20pm
Last updated 3 October, 2010 - 7:21pm

Moved
Moved from Horse and Deer Flies.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 October, 2010 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 18 July, 2008 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

Horse fly eggs
Here's a photo I just took of some being laid:

They start out white, then turn brown, and eventually shiny black. That's a ladybug larva eating them. I found a ladybug larva that had munched halfway through a horse fly egg mass in the same area where I took this photo.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 June, 2008 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

Not Sure About the Eggs
But, that appears to be a Lady Beetle Larva munching on it.
… Jebus31, 23 June, 2008 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

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