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Field Notes
Description:
A robust horse-fly about 15mm in size, prominent compound eyes, short antennae, and wide body, pale brown body and yellow striped abdomen.
Habitat:
Spotted during a day walk at Gunung Gede National Park (a dense tropical forest near a small river and waterfall), Java / Indonesia.
Horse-flies are found worldwide, except for the polar regions, but they are absent from some islands such as Greenland, Iceland, and Hawaii.
Notes:
Horse-flies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. Only the females bite animals to obtain enough protein from blood to produce eggs. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Suborder: Brachycera Infraorder: Tabanomorpha Superfamily: Tabanoidea Family: Tabanidae
Reference Links:
Horse-fly - Wikipedia
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PublishedMarch 21, 2017
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