Tabanus nigrovittatus, greenhead horse fly Description
Greenhead Horse-Fly
Date 17 June 2009, 23:17
Source Greenhead Horse-Fly http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxorz/3638770977/
Author Maximilian Paradiz from Merida, Mexico http://www.flickr.com/people/36074605@N05
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenhead_Horse-Fly,_cropped.jpg
Tabanus nigrovittatus, also known as the greenhead horse fly, salt marsh greenhead, or simply the greenhead fly, greenhead or greenfly, is a species of biting horse-fly commonly found around coastal marshes of the Eastern United States. The biting females are a considerable pest to both humans and animals while they seek a source of blood protein to produce additional eggs. Females live for three to four weeks and may lay about 100 to 200 eggs per blood meal. Order: Diptera, Family: Tabanidae, Genus: Tabanus, Species: Tabanus nigrovittatus Macquart, 1847.
Synonyms:
Tabanus allynii Marten, 1883
Tabanus contactus Walker, 1850
Tabanus floridanus Szilady, 1926
Tabanus fulvilineis Philip, 1958
Tabanus simulans Walker, 1848