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Deer fly

Chrysops sp.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Fruit Fly
Anastrepha spp Anastrepha
oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago
Deer fly
Chrysops sp.?


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6 Comments

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

You're welcome! Glad I could help.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Thank you Oxyjack.

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

Here's a pic of a North American species: http://bugguide.net/images/raw/0HXRJZERZ...

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

Beautiful fly! The antennae are wrong for a tephritid fruit fly. I think it is a kind of deer fly (Family Tabanidae). Here's a picture of a deer fly, note the antennae: http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/willow/deer...

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Great, Norieth. Buena sugerencia.

NoriethAlejandra
NoriethAlejandra 12 years ago

Fruit Fly !

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 22, 2012
Submitted on Jan 22, 2012

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