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Wixhall Moss & Fens Shropshire SJ488361
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Wixhall Moss & Fens Shropshire SJ488361
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Cors Caron NNR, Tregaron, Wales. SN698633
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Tabanus bovinus, sometimes called the pale giant horse-fly, is a species of biting horse-fly. As the 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 2530 mm long. Like most other horseflies, its compound eyes are very colorful with stripe-like patterns. Its body and wings are mostly colored brownish gray. It is quite fast and an able flier, being capable of evading most attempts to swat it with ease. It bites humans infrequently, because of its preference of bovine animals. This loud-buzzing horse-fly can be a nuisance, as it circles around its target and occasionally lands to deliver a bite (in the case of humans, the fly usually takes off again instead). However, to humans it is considerably less harmful than deer flies (Chrysops), which bite much more vigorously.
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Tuscany, Italy
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Arfons, Midi-Pyrenees, France
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Tabanus bovinus, sometimes called the pale giant horse-fly, is a species of biting horse-fly. As the 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 2530 mm long. Like most other horseflies, its compound eyes are very colorful with stripe-like patterns. Its body and wings are mostly colored brownish gray. It is quite fast and an able flier, being capable of evading most attempts to swat it with ease. It bites humans infrequently, because of its preference of bovine animals. This loud-buzzing horse-fly can be a nuisance, as it circles around its target and occasionally lands to deliver a bite (in the case of humans, the fly usually takes off again instead). However, to humans it is considerably less harmful than deer flies (Chrysops), which bite much more vigorously.
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Tabanus bovinus, sometimes called the pale giant horse-fly, is a species of biting horse-fly. As the 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 2530 mm long. Like most other horseflies, its compound eyes are very colorful with stripe-like patterns. Its body and wings are mostly colored brownish gray. It is quite fast and an able flier, being capable of evading most attempts to swat it with ease. It bites humans infrequently, because of its preference of bovine animals. This loud-buzzing horse-fly can be a nuisance, as it circles around its target and occasionally lands to deliver a bite (in the case of humans, the fly usually takes off again instead). However, to humans it is considerably less harmful than deer flies (Chrysops), which bite much more vigorously.
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Tuscany, Italy
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Tuscany, Italy
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Tuscany, Italy
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SO733529. Worcester Wildlife Trust site at Crews Hill, Worcs.
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Gilston, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Grafton Flyford, England, United Kingdom
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SO733529. Worcester Wildlife Trust site at Crews Hill, Worcs.
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Darbu, Buskerud Fylke, Norway
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Karavasta National Park. Albania.
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Vjose-Narte Salinas near Vlore, Albania
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Fairways Country Club Mobile Home Park, Florida, United States
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Santa Maria, Veneto, Italy
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Revine Lago, Veneto, Italy
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Revine Lago, Veneto, Italia
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Arrondissement de Bziers, Occitanie, France
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Jason Sharp;Central Florida
