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What fly please? - Chrysops - male
Copyright © 2013 Cathy Wilson

What fly please? - Chrysops - Male
Gray's Beach, Dennis County, Massachusetts, USA
July 10, 2013
On a daisy . . . just off a marsh boardwalk on Cape Cod Bay.
Tried to make it a deer fly . . but those eyes.
Contributed by Cathy Wilson on 10 July, 2013 - 1:12pm
Last updated 14 July, 2013 - 6:23pm

Moved
Moved from Horse and Deer Flies.
… John F. Carr, 10 July, 2013 - 6:54pm

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Looks like a male. Their eyes are often plain:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 July, 2013 - 4:21pm

 
Ken, as always, thank you.
I'm pleased my guess was in the right aisle :)
… Cathy Wilson, 10 July, 2013 - 7:35pm

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