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American Horse Fly
Tabanus americanus
Tabanus americanus, the American horse fly, is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae.
From the article Tabanus americanus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
These flies tend to stay around open pasture areas where cattle or livestock tend to be. They like ponds or any water source as this is where they lay their eggs.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 232173.