My friend and neighbour from just east of Queensborough, Herb Holgate – source of one of the most useful birthday gifts I have ever received.Regular readers will doubtless recall that last weekR…

A deer fly, likely Chrysops celatus

Hector David Astorga on Instagram: "Whitetail buck w/ spider. Now this is something that I have never seen before. A very nice 8-point buck that has been hanging out at one of our blinds came in the other day with a resident between his brow tines. A spider has taken residence on his rack!!! 😂🕷 Im not sure if this guy fell asleep somewhere and the spider climbed on or he walked through the spider's web and it then took residence on him. Either way it was fun seeing this and capturing it.

If you didn't join me Sunday for my nature photography tour, this is what you missed.

deerfly

Cool picture...I love deers too:)

The horsefly is known under many different names in different countries, including deer flies, clags, gadflies or breeze flies. These flies are known for

Stephen Luk on Instagram: "Family Tabanidae – Atlantic Deer Fly A deer fly! Why would I start with a pesky post? One reason is I found it at a field meeting of dipterists. The other is that this is a perfect intro to wetland insects: the Atlantic Deer Fly is a saltmarsh specialist! Still, one’s reflex is to swat—as I admittedly did while roaming (read: running) down a road that crossed through a saltmarsh—they were swarming me like angry bees! There are dozens of deer fly species in North…

By Nanci Dixon Deer flies ... an RVer's enemy! Deer flies can be unbelievably irritating at times. So bad you just really, really want to stay inside your RV a