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6 Malaysian Serama -
6 Polyrhachis beccarii -
5 Prevost's Squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii pluto) -
4 Ground orchid - Grammatophyllum speciosum -
5 Stingless bees, stingless honey bees or simply meliponines beside thier honey. (Trigona sp) -
4 Agriotes sp., Malaysia -
4 Borneo narrow-mouth frog _ Microhyla borneensis -
6 yellow bug (Gold Dust Weevil) - Hypomeces squamosus -
4 Nyctixalus pictus, Spotted Tree Frog -
5 Banded Garden Spider -
6 Tiny leaf hopper -
6 Spider... -
5 Chaperina fusca - the Borneo frog -
4 Spiny stick insect -
5 Yellow assassin bug (Cosmolestes picticeps) -
5 The eyes. Horse flies (Tabanidae family) -
5 Weevil sp. -
4 Daphnis nerii, the oleander hawk-moth or army green moth -
4 Mushroom -
4 Leptopoma undatum - green little snail in borneo forest -
5 Borneo Butterflies - Parthenos sylvia -
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"Horsefly" and "Cleg" redirect here. For other uses, see Horsefly (disambiguation) and Clegg (disambiguation).
Horse-fly
Tabanus sulcifrons[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Superfamily:
Tabanoidea
Family:
Tabanidae
Latreille, 1802[1]
Subfamilies
Chrysopsinae
Pangoniinae
Tabaninae
Horse-flies or horseflies (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 (Hawaii, Greenland, Iceland). Both horse-flies and botflies (Oestridae) are sometimes referred to as gadflies.[3]
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. 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. Geotagged,Malaysia,Summer](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3800/84117_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=L9Zfs%2B5VHS9lKK%2BWofK%2BxLqPWOU%3D)
7 horse fly - Tabanus americanus -
5 Dragonfly -
3 Physalis peruviana - Cape gooseberry