Large Marsh Horse Fly

Tabanus autumnalis

"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.
Large marsh horsefly - Tabanus autumnalis  Geotagged,Netherlands,Spring,Tabanus autumnalis

Appearance

Wing length is 13–16 mm and about 16–22 mm in body length.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilyTabanidae
GenusTabanus
SpeciesT. autumnalis
Photographed in
Netherlands