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Beautiful Deer Fly

Chrysops callidus

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 20, February 21, March 33, April 64, May 123, June 58, July 43, August 39, September 41, October 34, November 21, December 19.
United States2,210
Canada600
Ontario516
Michigan392
Ohio317
West Virginia207
Mississippi124
South Carolina113
Virginia99
Wisconsin91

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • BitingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyHorse and Deer Flies · Tabanidae
GenusDeer Flies · Chrysops

Sources

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Practise Beautiful Deer Fly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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