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Striped Deer Fly

Chrysops vittatus

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 64, February 65, March 103, April 203, May 389, June 182, July 330, August 124, September 131, October 107, November 67, December 60.
United States4,993
Canada2,527
Ontario1,632
New York670
Michigan637
Quebec635
South Carolina384
Ohio335
Massachusetts314
North Carolina290

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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