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Spotted wing Tabanid fly

Tabanidae

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A reasonably large Tabanid type fly working over the flowers of ti-tree. This one was about 16mm long. Some spots on the wings.

Habitat:

In a local national park with several acres full of flowering ti-tree.

Notes:

Yet to find species... <br>
Compare to this USA species http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly#mediaviewer/File:Horse_fly_Taban…

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