Oh my gosh, did you just see that! It's a chrysops meigen or the “deer fly.” It has huge green and blue eyes with brown spots in them! It's have brown and black fuzz on it's body. They love large open woodlands with marshes nearby they even like salt water marshes! This essay will give you all the information you need on this amazing animal!

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Do you wonder what's the description of this animal? Well the Chrysops meigen are about 5mm in their general size. They are really interesting they have big green and blue eyes with brown spots in them and have brown and black fuzz on there body. This fly can adapt to the marine. It is a consumer which is an omnivore. They have small, thin antennae, and usually banned wings. This is a very fascinating animal with lots of good characteristics that differ it from other flies.

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Not only does this animal have great features but it's habitat and population is also unique! My animal can be found in open woodlands and sometimes you can find them in marine life. It can adapt to marine and to anything else brown because of there body color. The conservation status of my animal is good. It is not extinct or going extinct they have described 260 species of deer flies. They are very stable and found all over the world!

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Did you wonder when I was going to get to the diet and feeding habits or even the predators? Well I'm going to tell you all about them now! They love to suck blood from warm-blooded animals but deer mostly. Yes, of course that's how they got there name! They can blend in really good while on the back of deers or other dark colored animals because of their coloration. There coloration really helps them hide from their predators. Isn't that interesting! They get to camouflage with things which a lot of animals can't do!

In conclusion, this animal is really important to the wildlife. It really stands out compared to all the other flies. You probably wont see this on land on your food so there's another reason to like this animal! After all I guess you didn’t get stuck with the worst fly out there.

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Author: Chloe S.

Date published: 2/2013

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Sources:  books.google.com/books?isbn – adult and immature Dipteras of California
paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo- paleontology database
biostor.org/reference/1911.text- Zoological nomenclature
www.organismnames.com/datails.htm? - Chrysops meigen 1860

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