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Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp (Diachlorus ferrugatus)
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Copyright © 2006
Robin McLeod
orange-striped tabanid - top -
Diachlorus ferrugatus
Everglades City, Collier County, Florida, USA
April 4, 2006
Size: body 8-10 mm
on wall of building at night
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Contributed by
Robin McLeod
on 2 May, 2006 - 6:14pm
Known in some
Americam literature as "The Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp".
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A.W. Thomas
, 2 May, 2006 - 6:42pm
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D. ferrugatus
Thanks again, Tony. I had seen two of these earlier in the day in a dense cypress swamp that completely blocked the sun; dark and dismal would be a fitting description of the habitat.
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Robin McLeod
, 3 May, 2006 - 7:40am
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