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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 » Tabanus » Tabanus americanus
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Very, Very BIG Bug - Tabanus americanus - female
Copyright © 2009 Dean Marc

Very, Very BIG Bug - Tabanus americanus - Female
Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
May 23, 2009
Size: Approx half-inch
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Contributed by Dean Marc on 24 May, 2009 - 10:54am
Last updated 15 April, 2018 - 12:38pm

Tabanus americanus
Solid green eyes (in life) and orange basal plate with dorsal projection pointing forward readily identify this female horse fly. This thing was probably closer to an inch long too.
… drswanny, 27 May, 2009 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

 
BIG Bug
Thank you, all, for your help.

It's funny, I now live in Florida but I grew up on Long Island, getting chewed up by Horse Flies and I NEVER saw - or even heard - of ANYTHING like this.
… Dean Marc, 27 May, 2009 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

Welcome to Bug Guide, Dean
Nice shot. Hope we'll see more of your posts.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 May, 2009 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

female horse fly -- others will give you more specific ID
nice photo!
… v belov, 24 May, 2009 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

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