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Female horse flies can transfer blood-borne diseases from one animal to another through their feeding habit. In areas where those diseases occur, they have been known to carry equine infectious anaemia virus , some trypanosomes , the filarial worm Loa loa , anthrax among cattle and sheep, and tularemia .
Tabanus lineola, also known as the striped horse fly, is a species of biting horse-fly. It is known from the eastern coast of North America and the Gulf coast of Mexico. It is known from the eastern coast of North America and the Gulf coast of Mexico.
Tabanus sudeticus, also known as the dark giant horsefly, is a species of biting horse-fly. [5] [6] It is the heaviest fly in Europe. [7] ... Female T. sudeticus.
Adult horse flies can be found in July and August. Males of this species feed on plant juices, while female are bloodsuckers. The females have a high fecundity. They can lay about 500 eggs at an oviposition. The larvae pass through 10–13 instars and the full life-cycle lasts 3–5 years. This horsefly may cause appreciable damages on stock farms.
These common horse flies can be encountered in Summer in high mountain at an altitude of over 2000 meters during the daylight hours, when they mainly feed on nectar of flowers (especially of Apiaceae species). Females attack mainly horses and cattle.
On the other end of the spectrum, horse flies and deer flies use "blade-like" mouthparts to slash the skin before eating the spilling blood, which causes large, painful bites, Frye says.
Hybomitra micans female laying eggs ... Hybomitra is a genus of horse flies in the ... (1990). "The horse flies and deer flies of Canada and Alaska (Diptera ...
Hybomitra aterrima is a species of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. [4] [5] ... Males of these horse flies feed on plant juices, while female are bloodsuckers, [7