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Horse-fly; Mutuca(Brazil)

Tabanidae family

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Description:

Preparing to bite ! Size about 15 mm .

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Comments (9)
rubens.luciano
Eulalia, I have no idea... just set the camera to macro mode.
Dan Doucette
Great shot! Horseflies and deerflies have the coolest eyes! Check out my spotting too. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6851816
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2011

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