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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, 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 "37890".
- Horse-fly wikiPageOutDegree "170".
- Horse-fly wikiPageRevisionID "707566521".
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink 1-Octen-3-ol.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Adersia.
- 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 Antihistamine.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Antony_and_Cleopatra.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Arista_(insect_anatomy).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod_mouthparts.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Athericidae.
- 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 Category:Biting_insects.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Category:Extant_Late_Jurassic_first_appearances.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Category:Tabanidae.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Chitin.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Chrysopsinae.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Cretaceous.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Deer_fly.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Diachlorus.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Dinosaur.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Egg.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Entomology.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Equine_infectious_anemia.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Exudate.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Eye.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Filariasis.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Flagellum.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Florissant,_Colorado.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Fly.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Haematopota.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Halteres.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Helminths.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Hill-topping_(biology).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Horse-fly.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Horse_guard_wasp.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Hybomitra.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Immelmann_turn.
- 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 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 Monophyly.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Morphology_(biology).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Nematode.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Nucleic_acid_sequence.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Old_Norse.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Order_(biology).
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Oreoleptidae.
- 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.
- Horse-fly wikiPageWikiLink Petal.