Location: Fellsmere, Goodwin WMAThis is a Tabanus atratus
Also known as a Black Horse Fly.
Boy Black Horse Flies eat plant juice and nectar,
Girls eat mammal blood and have a mean bite.
(Thanks to Jim Stahl for the identification help!)
Boy Black Horse Flies eat plant juice and nectar,
Girls eat mammal blood and have a mean bite.
(Thanks to Jim Stahl for the identification help!)
Photo and text © 2017 Dee Fairbanks Simpson
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