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Horse Fly

Tabanus pumilus (male)

Photo by Tom15
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

This little horse fly with huge eyes showed up at my moth sheet. The female also showed up and she's in the last pictures with normal sized eyes.

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Comments (28)
Tom15
Thanks Mark, Daniele and Carol for your nice comments. I'm glad you all liked the close-up of the fly's eyes.
Tom15
Thanks for all the support and great comments, Rob, Lisa, Kathleen, Pradeep, Wild Things, Maria, Dilan, Tina and Bill! I added a picture of the female. She's a little larger and her eyes look normal for a horse fly.
beaker98
Wonderful shots Tom! Congrats!
Tiz
Congratulations dear Tom, well done! Super photo!
Maria dB
Congratulations, Tom, on another SOTD!!
Tom15
Karen, thanks for choosing this as SOTD! And Sergio, Mac, Chamalka and Reza thanks for the nice comments!
KarenL
Congrats Tom! This awesome macro of a horsefly shows the thousands of lenses that make up its compound eyes. Horseflies have a reputation for delivering a nasty bite, but only the females suck blood - male horseflies feed on pollen and nectar only. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154323657890603/?type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/484531297339965441
Tom15
Thanks for the nice comments rams4d, Sigg, Neil, LuckyLogan and Maria.
LuckyLogan
This is a male. Females have a gap between the eyes and have a lot more striping coloration in the eye.
Neil Ross
Not much would get past this guy. Great photos, Tom.
rams4d
Amazing eyes, congrats !!!
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PublishedJuly 2, 2014

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