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Horse Fly

Tabanus Catenatus

Description:

About 2inches in length. Buzzing, flying insect.

Habitat:

South-Eastern Michigan

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3 Comments

amy.b.lesniak
amy.b.lesniak 11 years ago

Thank you @ChunXingWong!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Some Tabanus species. You can search the ID in Bugguide.
This horsefly is quite a large one, Tabanus catenatus grows up to 25mm and occurs in your area.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Wow! 2 inches is a huge fly.

amy.b.lesniak
Spotted by
amy.b.lesniak

Commerce Township, Michigan, USA

Spotted on Aug 16, 2012
Submitted on Aug 18, 2012

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