What is Horse fly?
{{Taxobox | name = Horse fly | image = Horse_fly_Tabanus_2.jpg | image_caption = ''Tabanus sulcifrons'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Fly|Diptera]] | subordo = [[Brachycera]] | infraordo = [[Tabanomorpha]] | superfamilia = [[Tabanoidea]] | familia = '''Tabanidae'''}} A '''horse fly''' is a type of [[insect]] and a member of the family '''Tabanidae''' (order [[Diptera]]). More specifically they are any member of the genus ''[[Tabanus]]''. These stout flies are as small as a housefly or as large as a [[bumblebee]]. Their metallic or iridescent eyes meet dorsally in the male and are separate in the female. [[Gad-fly]], a nickname, may refer either to the fly’s roving habits or to its mouthparts, which resemble a wedge-shaped miner’s tool. The bites of the female fly often carry [[parasites]] onto the victim (such as a horse). The resulting sore can be extremely distressing to the animal. {{-}} [[category:Flies]]