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Horse Fly

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Large Horse Fly, 1.5 cm long. This one is a biting blood-feeding female and must be very vicious. We had smaller Deer Flies giving us terrible bites on the legs while hiking. Family Tabanidae.

Habitat:

This one was just sitting on some leaves along the street into Mazunte Beach.

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PublishedJuly 24, 2014

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