"Tabanus Atratus" - is there a problem with a common name? lol. Thanks for the tip. I'll google it. And yeah, it was dead. The girl wanted to take it home with her. lol. Kid after my own heart. I bagged it and sent it along with her other stuff. Hope mom and dad like bugs! hahaha
EDIT: That's exactly it! Its a black horse fly. I wondered if it was a horse fly but it was so big...Wow! I couldn't even imagine that thing biting me! That must smart somethin fierce! lol
Thanks Gill Blue! I am amazed at how well some of you people know your bugs. Its officially on...I'm gonna stump you all one of these days!
nice pics, everyone! I'll try to snap a pic of the wolf spider I've been seeing in my daughter's room, even though it's not very big. Thank God for spiders
I just killed a big Black Horse Fly like that yesterday when it tried to bite me while working outside. Good thing you can hear them buzzing before they land on you. Their bite hurts like hell if you don't!