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Stephen Luk | all galleries >> Entomology in Ecuador >> Tiputini Biodiversity Station (2011) >> Insects of Ecuador: Tiputini >> Diptera of Tiputini, Ecuador > Horse Fly, Stibasoma (Stibasoma) sp. (Tabanidae: Tabaninae)
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11-MAY-2011

Horse Fly, Stibasoma (Stibasoma) sp. (Tabanidae: Tabaninae)

Tiputini Forest Reserve, Prov. Orellana, Ecuador

Horse flies of the genus Stibasoma are spectacular mimics of large orchid bees. This beautiful species was encountered in a canopy tower 15 m above the forest floor.
iNaturalist observation

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