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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Pangoniinae » Pangoniini » Stonemyia
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Fly - Is is a flesh fly? - Stonemyia - male
Copyright © 2014 mmwm

Fly - Is is a flesh fly? - Stonemyia - Male
New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
August 11, 2014
on tansy ... what big eyes it has! Horizontal stripes on back.

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Fly - Is is a flesh fly? - Stonemyia - male Fly - Is is a flesh fly? - Stonemyia - male
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Contributed by mmwm on 11 August, 2014 - 7:57pm
Last updated 23 December, 2014 - 6:03pm

Moved
Moved from Horse and Deer Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 7 September, 2014 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 11 August, 2014 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

Horse fly
A non-biting male horse fly or deer fly.
… John F. Carr, 11 August, 2014 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Just curious how you know it'
Just curious how you know it's non-biting? I thought horseflies had longer bodies, but maybe I have been confusing them for something else. Thanks, as always.
… mmwm, 12 August, 2014 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

 
Males don't bite
Male horse flies, the ones with eyes meeting on top of the head, don't bite. Females need blood to produce eggs. Mosquitoes and black flies work the same way; males are harmless and females are usually biters.

This may be a completely non-biting species. If it's a Stonemyia, females don't bite either.
… John F. Carr, 12 August, 2014 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you again. I learn some
Thank you again. I learn something new all the time here. Now if I can just retain it.
… mmwm, 12 August, 2014 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

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