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Black horse fly (male)

tabanus atratus

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27 Comments (1–25)

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thank you Candice!

CandiceB
CandiceB 11 years ago

Looks like a Stealth fighter ! Awesome

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Thanks Antonio! From memory I think this "Alien" was about an inch long!

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

Great Karen,i like to go in the past of my friends spotting list's to find precious like this:)alien!what's the size of this beauty?

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Thanks Carol!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

Looks like a stealth plane. Awesome!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

It was - for a fly! About an inch I think!

Jeannette
Jeannette 12 years ago

It looks huge...

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

:D

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Beam me (and my horse) up Scotty.. and make it quick.

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Alien`s spaceship

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Woooow Amazing!

RickBohler
RickBohler 12 years ago

COOL!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Ashish, he is definitely proving that black is the color to wear for any occasion! :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Hi Karen... Shall I call this one Zorro fly... :)

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Thanks Harsha!
LauraMaria, you are right he does! I thought he looked a bit like a character out of MIB or the Matrix!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago

Beautiful black.

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

WOW now he looks cool. He looks like he's all dressed up in his leathers ready to take his motorcycle for a spin. He's even rubbing his hands with joy at the thought! :D Those eyes though... woah. What a cool find, Karen!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Ha ha! Juan, check out the other horse fly I spotted - it's already in camo! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/715...

I think this fly looks like a fighting jet or a spy airplane, Ive never seen a fly with those gigantic eyes

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Thanks Guys!
textless, I'm sure he is a menace, but thankfully he wasn't interested in me! :)

Feche
Feche 12 years ago

:O

textless
textless 12 years ago

He looks like a menace. :) Nice photos!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Thanks Guys! Lars, I agree he does look like a crazy little dude with his 'sunglasses' on!

Raiyan Ahmed
Raiyan Ahmed 12 years ago

WOW!! Absolutely amazing!!

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Sep 27, 2011
Submitted on Sep 27, 2011

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