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- Horse-fly abstract "Horse-flies (for other names, see common names) are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. They are often large and agile in flight, and the females bite animals, including humans, in order to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunlight, avoiding dark and shady areas, and are inactive at night. They are found all over the world except for some islands and the polar regions.Adult horse-flies feed on nectar and plant exudates; the males have weak mouthparts and only the females bite animals to obtain enough protein from blood to produce eggs. The mouthparts of females are formed into a stout stabbing organ with two pairs of sharp cutting blades, and a spongelike part used to lap up the blood that flows from the wound. The larvae are predaceous and grow in semiaquatic habitats.Female horse-flies can transfer blood-borne diseases from one animal to another through their feeding habit. In areas where diseases occur, they have been known to carry equine infectious anaemia virus, some trypanosomes, the filarial worm Loa loa, anthrax among cattle and sheep, and tularemia. As well as making life outdoors uncomfortable for humans, they can reduce growth rates in cattle and lower the milk output of cows if suitable shelters are not provided.Horse-flies have appeared in literature since Aeschylus in Ancient Greece mentioned them driving people to madness through their persistent pursuit. Shakespeare uses the theme of the maddening gadfly in his plays King Lear and Antony and Cleopatra.".
- Horse-fly class Insect.
- Horse-fly family Tabanoidea.
- Horse-fly kingdom Animal.
- Horse-fly order Brachycera.
- Horse-fly order Fly.
- Horse-fly order Tabanomorpha.
- Horse-fly phylum Arthropod.
- Horse-fly thumbnail Horse_fly_Tabanus_2.jpg?width=300.
- Horse-fly wikiPageID "682973".
- Horse-fly wikiPageLength "36359".
- Horse-fly wikiPageOutDegree "155".
- Horse-fly wikiPageRevisionID "683442011".
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink 1-Octen-3-ol.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Adersia.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Adersiinae.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Aeschylus.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Anaphylaxis.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Anautogeny.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Greece.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Greek.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Angioedema.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Antenna_(biology).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Anthrax.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Anticoagulant.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Antony_and_Cleopatra.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Arista_(insect_anatomy).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod_mouthparts.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Actium.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Bembicini.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Bibionidae.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Blood-borne_disease.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Brachycera.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Braunsiomyia.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Camouflage.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Carbon_dioxide.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Linnaeus.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Carnivore.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Carolus_Linnaeus.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Category:Biting_insects.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Category:Insect_families.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Category:Tabanidae.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Chitin.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Chrysops.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Chrysopsinae.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Cretaceous.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Deer_flies.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Deer_fly.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Diachlorus.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Diptera.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Egg.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Equine_infectious_anemia.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Eye.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Filariasis.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Flagellum.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Florissant,_Colorado.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Fly.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Haematopota.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Halteres.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Helminths.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Hill-topping_(biology).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Histamine_antagonist.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Horse-fly.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Horse_guard_wasp.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Hybomitra.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Hybomitra_micans.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Immelmann_turn.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Infraorder.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Insect.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Insect_morphology.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Insect_mouthparts.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Io_(mythology).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Jimmy_Crack_Corn.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Johann_Wilhelm_Meigen.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Juno_(mythology).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink King_Lear.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Labium_(arthropod_mouthpart).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Lapeirousia.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Larva.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Late_Jurassic.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink List_of_soldierflies_and_allies_of_Great_Britain.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Loa_loa.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Malaise_trap.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Mass_provisioning.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Maxilla_(arthropod_mouthpart).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Metamorphoses.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Metamorphosis.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Miocene.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Nematode.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Octenol.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Order_(biology).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Ovid.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Pangoniinae.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Parasitism.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Parasitoid_wasp.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Pelargonium.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Pelecorhynchidae.