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Benign Deer Fly

Chrysops mitis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 27, February 28, March 44, April 86, May 165, June 77, July 58, August 53, September 55, October 45, November 28, December 25.
United States2,106
Canada1,740
Ontario692
Quebec688
New Hampshire500
Michigan482
Vermont361
Wisconsin272
Idaho158
Maine96

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 Benign 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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