Most horse flies noticed by humans would never be characterized as "diminutive" and if they were considered "rare," it might be more a cause for celebration than searching. But searching for live or recently collected specimens of Microtabanus pygmaeus (even the name emphasizes just how small this fly is considered among the general population of horse flies), is part of the quest of Keith Bayless, a Ph.D. candidate on our Tabanid PEET project, and the subject of his post on the NC State Insect Museum blog.
Read more and see photos of this unusual and unique horse fly in the tribe Diachlorini.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
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