Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanus sp.? bromius? eggeri?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-10-2006 01:27
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Hi Arp - Welcome to Diptera.info!
The dark pattern on the wings and the metallic green eyes make this a deerfly - Chrysops. And the brown tibiae and characteristic marking of the abdomen make it Chrysops relictus. And you're right about the sex - only the females bite. ;)