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Horse Fly

Cydistomyia doddi

Spotting Image 1

Description:

About 1.5cm in length.

Habitat:

Rainforest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Noah Ranger +1
Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago
Horse fly
Cydistomyia doddi Horse flies (family Tabanidae) - Queensland Museum


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5 Comments

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Great! Thank you :)

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

In that case it's probably a horse fly type... tabanidae.

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

No it didn't Argy Bee, but we were told that they do.

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

did it bite?

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Nice. Looks like some (syrphidae) drone fly (male). Very strong venation on wings.

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LeanneGardner
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LeanneGardner

4741, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Dec 30, 2012
Submitted on Jan 1, 2013

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