Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Horse Fly

Description:

A March Fly species (also known as a Horse Fly) showing its robust rostrum, which fortunately was not sharp enough to pierce denim. Only female March flies bite for blood, the males being nectar feeders.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

3 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

Excellent. So they can cry.

Christiane
Christiane 8 years ago

Thanks DrNamgyalT.Sherpa

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 8 years ago

Excellent macro work!

Christiane
Spotted by
Christiane

QLD, Australia

Spotted on Oct 24, 2015
Submitted on Nov 25, 2015

Related Spottings

Horse fly Horse fly Horse-fly Horse Fly

Nearby Spottings

Spotting Eastern Water Dragon (MALE) Rainbow Bee-eater Blue-faced Honeyeater
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team