Devoted horse fly
Tabanus calens
The devoted horse fly is a big, sturdy fly from North America. It belongs to the horse flies, which are strong fliers with large eyes.
Lives in
Canada and the United States
Can it hurt you?
Can bite
Like other horse flies, a female can give a painful bite. It is not dangerous, but it can hurt and itch for a while.
What does it eat?
Like other horse flies, the females drink blood from animals. The males visit flowers instead.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
Devoted horse fly about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It lives all across Canada and the United States.
2
It was named by the famous Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
3
Scientists know two kinds of it. One is called giganteus, which means giant.
you asked
Most asked questions about Devoted horse fly
?Does the devoted horse fly bite?
The females can bite, like other horse flies. It hurts, but it is not dangerous.
?Where does the devoted horse fly live?
Across Canada and the United States.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tabanus calens
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Tabanidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Tabanidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Tabanus calens (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Judy Gallagher. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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