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greenfly

Tabanus nigrovittatus

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tabanidae

Tabanus nigrovittatus, also known as the greenhead horse fly, salt marsh greenhead, or simply the greenhead fly, greenhead or greenfly, is a species of horse-fly commonly found around the coastal marshes and wetlands of the Eastern United States. They are smaller than most horsefly species, instead being close in size to a common housefly. The biting females are a considerable pest to both humans and animals while they seek a source of blood protein to produce additional eggs: greenhead larvae develop in the mud of salt marshes, and adult flies mate and lay their first group of eggs in the…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 5Mexico · 1United States of America · 1