Green horse fly
The green horse fly is the only green horse fly in all of North America. It likes to fly at night, when most other horse flies are resting. And here is something strange: its blood is blue.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
The female finds animals to bite by smelling the air they breathe out.
Its eyes are brown, but they glow yellow under special ultraviolet light.
In Florida you can see it from March to September, most of all from May to July.
Its larvae can also live on floating plants or in sandy forest soil.
Most asked questions about Green horse fly
?Does the green horse fly bite?
Yes, the female bites to drink blood, mostly at night. It hurts a bit but is not dangerous.
?What is special about the green horse fly?
It is the only green horse fly in North America, and its blood is blue.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chlorotabanus crepuscularis
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Tabanidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Tabanidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Chlorotabanus crepuscularis (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 USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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