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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 » Chlorotabanus » Chlorotabanus crepuscularis
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Fly Albino? - Chlorotabanus crepuscularis - male
Copyright © 2014 Travis MacClendon

Fly Albino? - Chlorotabanus crepuscularis - Male
Blountstown, Fl in the Panhandle, Calhoun County, Florida, USA
August 11, 2014
Size: 13mm
Whitish fly, crawled very sluggishly over flowers but zoomed off like a shot.

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Fly Albino? - Chlorotabanus crepuscularis - male Fly Albino? - Chlorotabanus crepuscularis - male
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Contributed by Travis MacClendon on 11 August, 2014 - 4:42pm

My Albino Fly Guess
Many, many thanks. on the ID. I wonder if sex determination could be determined when these guys are out. My male was at 2 pm nectaring on Phyla nodiflora. Nothing obligate crepuscular about him.

And forgive perhaps the "albino" tag. I'm partially red/green colorblind and did not realize this insect had a green body. Thought it was an off white or maybe tan.
… Travis MacClendon, 11 August, 2014 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Sex determination
General advice on sex determination here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/154154. Tabanidae is one of the families where males have large eyes.

If you suspect that your color impression is wrong you should be able to ask your image editing program for the numeric color of a pixel.
… John F. Carr, 11 August, 2014 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 11 August, 2014 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

Chlorotabanus crepuscularis…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 11 August, 2014 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

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