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Green-eyed Horse Fly

Tabanus fulvulus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 22, February 23, March 23, April 41, May 24, June 16, July 13, August 14, September 18, October 20, November 15, December 17.
United States1,175
Mississippi246
Kentucky217
Illinois180
Missouri109
Tennessee109
Alabama101
Virginia43
North Carolina30
Arkansas22

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • BitingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyHorse and Deer Flies · Tabanidae
GenusTrue Horse Flies · Tabanus

Sources

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Practise Green-eyed Horse Fly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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