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Frontal. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 3310:1
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Dorsal. Scale bar 5 mm.Lectotype 3310:1
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Lateral. Scale bar 5 mm.Lectotype 3310:1
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Sommacampagna, Veneto, Italia
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Livo, Lombardy, Italy
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St.-Etienne-Estrchoux, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
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Livo, Lombardy, Italy
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mbavna, Maharashtra, India
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Peglio, Lombardy, Italy
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Peglio, Lombardy, Italy
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Tabanus bovinus, sometimes called the pale giant horse-fly, is a species of biting horse-fly. As the name suggests, it prefers bovine animals as the source of blood, although it may bite other kind of mammals as well. The insect is relatively large for a horse-fly, adults usually being 2530 mm long. Like most other horseflies, its compound eyes are very colorful with stripe-like patterns. Its body and wings are mostly colored brownish gray. It is quite fast and an able flier, being capable of evading most attempts to swat it with ease. It bites humans infrequently, because of its preference of bovine animals. This loud-buzzing horse-fly can be a nuisance, as it circles around its target and occasionally lands to deliver a bite (in the case of humans, the fly usually takes off again instead). However, to humans it is considerably less harmful than deer flies (Chrysops), which bite much more vigorously.
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Tuscany, Italy
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Arfons, Midi-Pyrenees, France
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Tabanus bovinus, sometimes called the pale giant horse-fly, is a species of biting horse-fly. As the name suggests, it prefers bovine animals as the source of blood, although it may bite other kind of mammals as well. The insect is relatively large for a horse-fly, adults usually being 2530 mm long. Like most other horseflies, its compound eyes are very colorful with stripe-like patterns. Its body and wings are mostly colored brownish gray. It is quite fast and an able flier, being capable of evading most attempts to swat it with ease. It bites humans infrequently, because of its preference of bovine animals. This loud-buzzing horse-fly can be a nuisance, as it circles around its target and occasionally lands to deliver a bite (in the case of humans, the fly usually takes off again instead). However, to humans it is considerably less harmful than deer flies (Chrysops), which bite much more vigorously.
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Tabanus bovinus, sometimes called the pale giant horse-fly, is a species of biting horse-fly. As the name suggests, it prefers bovine animals as the source of blood, although it may bite other kind of mammals as well. The insect is relatively large for a horse-fly, adults usually being 2530 mm long. Like most other horseflies, its compound eyes are very colorful with stripe-like patterns. Its body and wings are mostly colored brownish gray. It is quite fast and an able flier, being capable of evading most attempts to swat it with ease. It bites humans infrequently, because of its preference of bovine animals. This loud-buzzing horse-fly can be a nuisance, as it circles around its target and occasionally lands to deliver a bite (in the case of humans, the fly usually takes off again instead). However, to humans it is considerably less harmful than deer flies (Chrysops), which bite much more vigorously.
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Tuscany, Italy
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Tuscany, Italy
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Tuscany, Italy
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Santa Maria, Veneto, Italy
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Revine Lago, Veneto, Italy
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Revine Lago, Veneto, Italia
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Arrondissement de Bziers, Occitanie, France
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Jason Sharp;Central Florida
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Tabanus atratus on its natural habitat--the tire of my neighbor's car. This is a male--note the scary eyes. I don't believe they feed on blood, so it must have been watching for females. I've John Acorn (on television!) attract them to inner tubes placed in the sun. Apparently they mistake a warm tire for a warm cow.Identification note: there are many species in this genus, but this large, all-dark one appears to be distinctive, browsing through BugGuide.