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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Flies 42 – Horseflies

 

 

A close up of a flower

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HORSEFLY Philipomyia aprica (f)

 

A insect on a flower

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HORSEFLY Philipomyia aprica (f)

 

·         This female of the impressive horsefly Philipomyia aprica (the fly does not appear to have a vernacular name) was photographed feeding on an umbellifer in a Swiss Alpine meadow. Wonderful green eyes!

 

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