Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Tabanoidea
Family: Tabanidae
This is considered the world's largest true fly, with over 4,500 species worldwide they make up both important pollinators and human pests.
The horse fly feeds mainly on nectar and pollen but females require a blood meal for reproduction. The female uses its mandible to rip open the flesh of usually a mammal to get to the blood.
The eggs of the horse fly is laid nearby water on either a stone or vegetation where upon hatching the larvae will go into the water feeding on small invertebrates like snails and worms
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