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Fly biting the hand that photographs it, Costa Rica
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 A one-handed photograph. This fly bit and left a tiny red mark.

Naranjo, Costa Rica, 8 March 2012, near a stream and pond, also forest and fields nearby. Length 3.9 mm to apex of wings.
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 Simuliidae
 
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 Thank-you, Mark!
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 Probably Simulium (Psilopelmia), a regionally common subgenus with several brightly colored man-eaters.
 
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