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Tabanidae sp
Sadly march flies are found throughout Australia. Only the female march flies bite as they need blood to produce the next generation. They use their strong, piercing mouth parts like a needle to extract blood from their mammal hosts. The males have larger metallic green eyes and feed on nectar.
March flies live around freshwater creeks, inter tidal estuaries and mangroves.
Spotted on Feb 13, 2016
Submitted on Feb 22, 2016
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Aussie march flies are horse flies elsewhere. The pain is the same however. :)