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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Deer Flies (Chrysopsinae) » Chrysopsini » Chrysops » Chrysops geminatus
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Biting fly. - Chrysops geminatus - female
Copyright © 2011 Dan Haig

Biting fly. - Chrysops geminatus - Female
York County, Maine, USA
July 16, 2011
Size: 3/8 inch
Everytime I go out they swarm around my head. Is there a trap I can make or something?
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Contributed by Dan Haig on 16 July, 2011 - 9:54am
Last updated 1 December, 2012 - 10:55pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 16 July, 2011 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

Biting Fly
This is Chrysops geminatus, one of about 10 species of deer flies (Chrysops) active at present in your area. One method of defense is a broad-brimmed hat which will keep them from landing on your head. A more sophisticated defense is an electrified paddle powered by a D cell battery. The flies will be "fried" when they strike the grid on the paddle (which looks something like a small tennis racket). Deer flies tend to be less active early in the morning and in the late evening before dark. And they are not active after dark. They are initially attracted to moving objects that pass by where they are perching on vegetation.
… JBurger, 16 July, 2011 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
I've noticed they also are mu
I've noticed they also are much more present once I leave the meadow and enter a wooded path. Once I hit the woods they are all over me.
I also wear a large brimmed hat that does help keep them off the head.
… James Reben, 16 July, 2011 - 11:48am login or register to post comments

fly
A deer fly in the genus Chrysops.
… Corey Husic, 16 July, 2011 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

Deer fly
Deer fly (Chrysops). A female; the males don't bite. I saw somebody last night with a sticky patch on his hat to catch deer flies.
… John F. Carr, 16 July, 2011 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

 
that
would be an aide in photographing them!
… Scott Peden, 16 July, 2011 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

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