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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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Copyright © 2009 Paul A Scharf

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Lake Gaston , Warren County, North Carolina, USA
July 25, 2009
This was on a reed in a small bay . The little Pincers or antennae on the bottom were constantly moving . To avoid any confusion , I'm talking about the thing under the Fly which may not even be an insect .
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Contributed by Paul A Scharf on 7 August, 2009 - 8:37am
Last updated 3 October, 2010 - 7:21pm

Moved
Moved from Horse and Deer Flies.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 October, 2010 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 September, 2009 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

Green Lacewing Larva
They carry debris on their back for camo. See other images here.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 August, 2009 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

 
Not so sure.
This looks to me more like an old batch of horse fly eggs (Tabanidae), and possibly other things scavenging it, including the obvious fly.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 August, 2009 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
except
that he mentions the pincers.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 August, 2009 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

 
It was definitely moving , es
It was definitely moving , especially the " Pincers". That's why I took a photo.
… Paul A Scharf, 7 August, 2009 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Still...
Maybe the "pincers" were another scavenging insect (or two) moving beneath the mass? I agree with Eric, this looks like a tabanid egg mass. It wasn't moving along the reed, was it? Just moving in place?
… Charley Eiseman, 7 August, 2009 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

 
The whole mas was stationary
The whole mas was stationary , Just the "pincers" moving
… Paul A Scharf, 8 August, 2009 - 5:35am login or register to post comments

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