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Host species: Homo sapiens - Chrysops callidus - female
Copyright © 2006 Ethan Friedman

Host species: Homo sapiens - Chrysops callidus - Female
near Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York, USA
June 11, 2005
I got him before he got me. :- ) can anyone help me narrow this fly down?
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Contributed by Ethan Friedman on 8 April, 2006 - 11:08am
Last updated 29 November, 2012 - 8:37pm

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… A.W. Thomas, 14 April, 2006 - 6:23am login or register to post comments

Deer fly
Probably species Chrysops callidus. See here. I collected some of these last year by putting the net over my head and then when they land on it I flip the net off of my head and I got them:-)
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