October 23, 2021

I'm a female fly in the Genus Diachlorus

Probably a Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp

My color is right - and so is my bite -

I don't just nibble,  I CHOMP.

Location: WW Ranch Road, St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Sebastian

Sources: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/IN/IN595/IN595-D0klzo8z99.pdf

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