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Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Dark Giant Horsefly

Dark Giant Horsefly (Tabanus Sudeticus) This is the heaviest fly in Europe it is about 1 inch long, You would not want to get bitten by on of these.

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  1. One of these landed on my van in Newtown today and I've been Googling to find out what it was and when I saw the name Dark Giant Horsefly come up,it was then that I remembered this posting of yours Phil.
    What an impressive creature!

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  2. I agree with you Nigel a very impressive creature, don't really know how common they are but it was the first one I had ever seen

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