Philoliche longirostris, horse fly
A horse fly specimen from India. This fly uses its long proboscis to feed at flowers. The mouthparts of the female also include shorter blades with which it takes blood
Picture No
10712280
Media ID
47610713
Size
2340px x 3640px
(2.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Arthropoda Brachycera Brachycerous Diptera Entomological Entomology Hexapod Hexapoda Horse Fly Horse-fly Horsefly Insecta Longirostris Proboscis Tabanid Tabanidae Tabaninae
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