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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae) » Tabanini » Tabanus » Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus)
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Black Horse fly, Tabanus sp - Tabanus atratus - female
Copyright © 2013 Fitz O.Clarke, Jr.

Black Horse fly, Tabanus sp - Tabanus atratus - Female
Skidaway Island, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
September 27, 2013
Large black horsefly, possibly Tabanus atratus? ID please?
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Contributed by Fitz O.Clarke, Jr. on 27 September, 2013 - 2:05pm
Last updated 8 August, 2018 - 8:15am

Moved
Moved from Tabanus.
… A.W. Thomas, 8 August, 2018 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

 
Tony-2- Many thanks for havi
Tony-2- Many thanks for having returned to my submission and identified it to species, Tabanus atratus.
… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 8 August, 2018 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

 
OK
it was just a matter of finding it - there are so many tabanids to sort through; slowly trying to get to all of them.
… A.W. Thomas, 8 August, 2018 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

 
I applaud your persistence. I
I applaud your persistence. It closes out my attempt, as a citizen soldier, to arrive at a species solution-thank you!
… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 8 August, 2018 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Horse and Deer Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 23 September, 2014 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 27 September, 2013 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for having "Moved f
Thank you for having "Moved from ID Request"
… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 27 September, 2013 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

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