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KashtanGeorge Los Angeles, CA(Zone 10a) Jun 30, 2009

Please, help identify this critter.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jun 30, 2009

This is a blood-feeding fly in the family Hippoboscidae; they all are ectoparasitic on warm-blooded animals; some species (like the sheep ked) are wingless. See http://tinyurl.com/m5a5w4 for detailed information.

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KashtanGeorge Los Angeles, CA(Zone 10a) Jul 01, 2009

Suunto, thank you for identifying.

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