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Unread 03-24-2010, 06:12 PM
 
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Just wanted to add that this fly from head to toe... err... From it's head to it's "backside" it was approximately 1" long! it was also very wide (like a bumblebee) and I think hairy... (or was that me in the mirror?)
Photos, please. Of the flying thing...
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Unread 03-24-2010, 06:19 PM
 
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Just wanted to add that this fly from head to toe... err... From it's head to it's "backside" it was approximately 1" long! it was also very wide (like a bumblebee) and I think hairy... (or was that me in the mirror?)
The hair was probably the insect, the smell however....
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Unread 03-24-2010, 06:47 PM
 
Location: San Antonio/Houston
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Photos, please. Of the flying thing...

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Tons of big flies in my house last night - half dead, half alive-mucha2.jpg   Tons of big flies in my house last night - half dead, half alive-mucha3.jpg   Tons of big flies in my house last night - half dead, half alive-mucha4.jpg  
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Unread 03-24-2010, 07:12 PM
 
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Hahaha that last pic looks like either a standoff or a mating ritual. I'm thinking maggots
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Unread 03-24-2010, 07:23 PM
 
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The hair was probably the insect, the smell however....
Ha!

The pics on this page look very close to what I had in my garage. Apparently, it was a horse fly:

Horse Fly - Tabanus sulcifrons

The one in my garage was slighty darker, but the pics are close. Some of what I've read mentioned that the horse fly can get as large as 1-1/4 inches. I'd say mine was at LEAST 1" long.

I didn't think about it until today, but I should have put it in a ziplock bag, and taken pictures. Oh well... I just hope there won't be any more of these buggers! Yes...I said BUGGERS!
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Unread 03-24-2010, 07:46 PM
 
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Yeah, it sucks getting bitten by horseflies. From someone who shoveled lots of horse crap in his younger years.
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Unread 03-24-2010, 08:04 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Ha!

The pics on this page look very close to what I had in my garage. Apparently, it was a horse fly...
I didn't think about it until today, but I should have put it in a ziplock bag, and taken pictures.
If you do, I'll take the flies after you photograph them. My sons have a Venus Fly Trap and a Pitcher Plant, and they need flies to feed them.
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Unread 03-24-2010, 08:22 PM
 
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Whoa, neato!
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Unread 03-24-2010, 08:23 PM
 
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I went outside a bit ago to my driveway, where I left the fly. It's gone... Somewhere out there is a very happy bird. Or cat.
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Unread 03-24-2010, 08:32 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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That's ok. Easy come, easy go.
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