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Tabanidae family
It is official.. I AM CRAZY.. After all day being annoyed by March-flies I rescued this one stuck in the bird cage wire. It lives to annoy me another day!! :)
March Flies (also known as Horse Flies) are large strongly built flies with large eyes - the male's eyes meet in the middle. The eyes often reflect iridescent colour patterns. The "feet" (or tarsi) have three pads instead of two. Some species have hairy eyes. These flies can be a pest at picnics and bush walks as many species bite humans.
Spotted on Mar 28, 2013
Submitted on Mar 29, 2013
16 Comments
Thanks Cindy and Stephen.. :)
wow, excellent image!
Ha ha, not crazy, just compassionate :)
@ ShannaB.. There are lots of them here if you need some more!!
@ petricecat... Thanks, it is a big one!
That's a very big fly
My hubby's been catching these and feeding them to our pet lizard...!!
@ ARGY.. My Karma is better now and I think she has told her friend exactly that... :D HOPEFULLY!!
@ Martin.. I think her GENE are the ADVENTURES GENES that are needed in the world of man-made monsters.. Non of her siblings will ever have a problem like this again.. :)
I think any fly that get's stuck like this is a weak link and you would improve their gene pool by leaving it there and preventing it from passing on its inferior genes :) There is an award for the fly, the Darwin Award! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awar...
I really enjoyed the first two pics but then I read on. Did you think it might go and tell it's bitey little friends and relatives to 'leave her alone because she's kind' !? At least you've come clean now. Maybe there should be a badge for insane rescues 8-)
I will add it to the fly mission..
You should submit this into the fly mission!
Lots of them around here.. Thanks Gilma.. I think non of my friends here will not agree with you not even my dogs. :)
Christiane, that was good... is what one does when in love with nature... : )
lol, no you did the right thing, glad they aren't as many out at the moment though
Thanks for the conformation.. but I could not let it die like this, could I? ;)
yes, yes you are crazy, cant believed you rescued one! Hope it didnt thank you by trying to bite you :P