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Striated Deer Fly

Chrysops striatus

726 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 39, February 40, March 63, April 123, May 236, June 111, July 94, August 75, September 79, October 65, November 41, December 36.
United States1,725
Canada1,105
Ontario989
Wisconsin629
Minnesota544
Michigan261
Quebec106
New Hampshire83
New York66
Maine63

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

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