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Horse-fly
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Field Notes
Description:
A robust horse-fly about 10mm in size, prominent compound eyes, short antennae, and wide body, pale brown body and yellow striped abdomen
sheen.
Habitat:
Spotted at Mahawu Volcano, rainforest area in Sulawesi.
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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PublishedFebruary 6, 2017
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