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crazymary Lodi, CA(Zone 8b) May 24, 2009

I found this guy yesterday. He was about 3/4 of an inch long with black legs. Hope someone can identify him from this picture. Never seen one of these before.

Thanks.

Mary

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 24, 2009

This is a horse fly (Diptera: Tabanidae) in the genus Tabanus; likely the western horse fly, Tabanus punctifer - see http://tinyurl.com/r6zj4q
The females feed on the blood of large mammals; this genus includes some real whoppers as far as size is concerned - look up Tabanus atratus and Tabanus americanus.

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crazymary Lodi, CA(Zone 8b) May 24, 2009

Oh, this was a whopper. We have alot of cattle around here so this makes sense. Thanks!!!

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