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Horse Fly

Tabanus sp.

Description:

Very large fly.

Habitat:

On a temple wall in Kathgola Gardens, Murshidabad.

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5 Comments

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 3 years ago

Your right Mark.

Saturniidae27
Saturniidae27 3 years ago

Yes... Tabanids are horseflies :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabanus

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 3 years ago

What should I call it..will Horsefly do? I will change it if that is more correct. Thanks.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 3 years ago

We don't call tabanids hoverflies... I don't think anyone else is so kind either... especially horses.

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 4 years ago

Thank you, ornithoptera80.

SukanyaDatta
Spotted by
SukanyaDatta

West Bengal, India

Spotted on Mar 29, 2020
Submitted on Mar 29, 2020

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