Summary ²

Diachlorus ferrugatus, commonly known as the yellow fly in the United States or doctor fly in Belize, is a species of highly aggressive biting horse-fly of the family Tabanidae native to North and Central America to Costa Rica.

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1. (c) James Shelton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by James Shelton
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diachlorus_ferrugatus

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