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  2. Tabanidae - Wikipedia

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    Horse-flies and deer flies [a] are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. The adults are often large and agile in flight. The adults are often large and agile in flight. Only female horseflies bite land vertebrates, including humans, to obtain blood .

  3. Tabanus bovinus - Wikipedia

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    Tabanus bovinus, sometimes called the pale giant horse-fly, is a species of biting horse-fly. [2] As the scientific name suggests, it prefers bovine animals as the source of blood, although it may bite other kind of mammals as well. The insect is relatively large for a horse-fly, adults usually being 25–30 mm long.

  4. Tabanus sudeticus - Wikipedia

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    Dark giant horseflies are a common species to be found buzzing around cows and horses. [8] They usually only suck blood from those horses and cows, avoiding humans. [8] They fly with a very loud buzzing. [8] [9]

  5. Tabanus punctifer - Wikipedia

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    Tabanus punctifer, commonly known as the western horse fly, is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae. [2] [3] This species of horse fly is approximately 20.5 mm (0.8 in) long. [4] They are typically found throughout the southern and western parts of the United States. They can be found between Utah and Mexico, and between California ...

  6. Tabanus autumnalis - Wikipedia

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    Tabanus autumnalis, the large marsh horsefly, is a medium-sized species of biting horse-fly. It is somewhat scarce compared to T. bromius and T. bovinus. This species shows slightly more of a preference for coastal marsh than some of the other European Tabanus, sometime even found in saltmashes. Wing length is 13–16 mm and about 16–22 mm in ...

  7. 11 common bug bites — and photos to help you identify them

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    On the other end of the spectrum, horse flies and deer flies use "blade-like" mouthparts to slash the skin before eating the spilling blood, which causes large, painful bites, Frye says. A fly ...

  8. Tabanus nigrovittatus - Wikipedia

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    Tabanus nigrovittatus, also known as the greenhead horse fly, salt marsh greenhead, or simply the greenhead fly, greenhead or greenfly, [7] [8] is a species of horse-fly commonly found around the coastal marshes and wetlands of the Eastern United States. They are smaller than most horsefly species, instead being close in size to a common housefly.

  9. Biting flies are out in the Myrtle Beach area. Why now & how ...

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    “Like all of the horse flies, they reproduce in and around aquatic vegetation. The stable flies tend to reproduce in moist soil and moist mud. Kind of the same situation with the no-see-ums ...