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 Stomoxys calcitrans - the nasty end
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| Tony T |
Posted on 19-08-2009 21:29
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
First one I have seen locally in NB
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| conopid |
Posted on 25-08-2009 20:15
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
oooh - OUCH! Immaculate photo as usual Tony
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 25-08-2009 21:09
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Thanks Nigel |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 25-08-2009 21:15
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
that's really hurts... not the photo, but the proboscis.  congrats for the photo. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 25-08-2009 22:29
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Great photo  You should do framed prints 1m wide  Interestingly, we all see these "Biting Stable flies" commonly in the countryside but has anyone actually been bitten by one? I certainly haven't. Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 26-08-2009 15:24
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
ChrisR wrote: Great photo You should do framed prints 1m wide Interestingly, we all see these "Biting Stable flies" commonly in the countryside but has anyone actually been bitten by one? I certainly haven't. Thanks Chris. Consider yourself fortunate. I was frequently bitten by them in Ontario, Canada; they always bit at ankle level or just above. This fly bit me just above the ankle and that is the only way I knew it was on me - the bite is painful, OUCH (and worse) certainly applies. This is the tip of the proboscis (best image I can get with my current set-up). Don't know what the 2 pointy things are but the outer brown 'thingees' are (I believe) prestomal teeth. Tony T attached the following image:  [186.26Kb] |
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