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Tabanus bromius
Small (1/4 inch in length)) fly with clear white to brown body. Legs, wing veins and eyes are brown.
Found sitting upon an aluminum railing adjacent to Atlantic Ocean beach area. Heavy salt spray.
Spotted on Oct 15, 2012
Submitted on Oct 15, 2012
2 Comments
Thank you @ForestDragon.
Great eyes! This looks like a species of Horse Fly. I think there is a good chance that it is from Genus Tabanus. However, many of the species in that genus are so similar that they can't be distinguished by photos.
Here is a link to the species in Tabanus:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/11452/bgpa...
In a brief scan, I wasn't able to find any matches but this might be an abnormally colored individual.
Hope this helps.