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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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Yellow fly - Diachlorus ferrugatus - female
Copyright © 2006 Signa Williams

Yellow fly - Diachlorus ferrugatus - Female
Dismal Swamp State Natural Area, Camden County, North Carolina, USA
July 3, 2006
I think this may be Diachlorus ferrugatus, Yellow fly of the Dismal Swamp, but I'm not 100% sure. What do you think?
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Contributed by Signa Williams on 4 July, 2006 - 8:56am
Last updated 4 July, 2006 - 9:13pm

Hmmmmmmmmm
Looks like a deer fly. And why are you holding it? They bite!
… Brittanie McCormack, 7 July, 2006 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Not me htis time
I'm not holding it, my husband is. Besides, neither of us has ever been bitten by a fly while we were holding it. But you're right, these can be particularly vicious biters!
… Signa Williams, 7 July, 2006 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

You are correct
You have a nice 'collection' of tabanid images. Moved.
… A.W. Thomas, 4 July, 2006 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I have a few more biting flies to get confirmed IDs on -- we have quite the assortment here in northeast NC.
… Signa Williams, 5 July, 2006 - 5:50am login or register to post comments

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