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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae) » Diachlorini » Diachlorus » Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp (Diachlorus ferrugatus)
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Tabanus sp? - Diachlorus ferrugatus - female
Copyright © 2009 Wojciech Ochwat

Tabanus sp? - Diachlorus ferrugatus - Female
Merritt Island Pine Island Conservation Area, Brevard County, Florida, USA
July 15, 2009
Size: 6mm

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Tabanus sp? - Diachlorus ferrugatus Tabanus sp? - Diachlorus ferrugatus Tabanus sp? - Diachlorus ferrugatus - female
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Contributed by Wojciech Ochwat on 15 July, 2009 - 7:07pm
Last updated 28 August, 2010 - 7:14am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Schneider, 17 August, 2009 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Little yellow fly of the Dismal Swamp
female Diachlorus ferrugineus
… drswanny, 15 July, 2009 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

my guess either Tabanus or a Chrysopsinae
Do you have the rest of it, assuming you didn't photo it in 1969. Any whole body images? I'm not an expert. Somebody may know just the eyes.
… Andrew Williams, 15 July, 2009 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Diachlorus
while hiking i got bite on my ankle, just killed this thing and than noticed the eyes. The rest (of the body) is only memory
… Wojciech Ochwat, 15 July, 2009 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

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