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Horse Fly - Leucotabanus ambiguus
Copyright © 2009 cwmelton

Horse Fly - Leucotabanus ambiguus
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 4, 2009
Elevation 5,000. ft.

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Contributed by cwmelton on 5 July, 2009 - 9:10am
Last updated 5 July, 2009 - 10:45pm

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Moved from Horse Flies. you didn't happen to save the specimen, did you?
… Keith Bayless, 5 July, 2009 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

Horse Fly
This is Leucotabanus ambiguus Stone. A relatively uncommonly collected species. It is restricted to southeastern Arizona. The larvae live in tree holes of sycamore and cottonwood trees where they inhabit the rot pockets created by the large dampwood termite, Zootermopsis laticeps. The larvae are predators on organisms inhabiting the moist rot pockets, possibly including termites themselves as well as each other. Adults are rarely collected and possibly may be nocturnally active.
… JBurger, 5 July, 2009 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

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