What are horseflies?

Answer 1

The are flies which look like houseflies, but much bigger. The female sucks the blood from horses, cattle, and other big size animals.

Answer 2

Horse flies are among the world largest flies.
These flies are often considered pests because of the painful bites that many,though no all of the species can inflict on animals and humans.
Horse flies are also important pollinators of flowers,especially in South Africa.
Flies of this type are among those known some times as Zimbs or Clegs.
Horsefly the common name for the large hairy flies of the family Tabanidae.
Male Horse flies feed on pollen and nectar but the females suck blood as well,and are common pests of animals and some times of human.

Answer 3

any of various large flying insects that bite horses, cattle and sometimes people

horse·fly also horse fly (hôrs'flī') Pronunciation Key
n. Any of numerous large flies of the family Tabanidae, the females of which suck the blood of various mammals.

Horseflies

Horsefly \Horse"fly`\, n.; pl. Horseflies. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanid[ae], that stings horses, and sucks their blood.


Horse flies (family Tabanidae) are among the world's largest flies. These flies are often considered pests because of the painful bites that many, though not all, of the species can inflict on animals and humans. They are also important pollinators of flowers, especially in South Africa. Tabanids occur worldwide, being absent only at extreme northern and southern latitudes. Flies of this type are among those known sometimes as "gadflies", "zimbs" or "clegs


large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
winged fly parasitic on horses


(Science: zoology) Any dipterous fly of the family tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.

Of these flies there are numerous species, both in Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. Called also breeze fly.

Answer 4

Horse flies (family Tabanidae) are among the world's largest flies. These flies are often considered pests because of the painful bites that many, though not all, of the species can inflict on animals and humans. They are also important pollinators of flowers, especially in South Africa. Tabanids occur worldwide, being absent only at extreme northern and southern latitudes. Flies of this type are among those known sometimes as "gadflies", "zimbs" or "clegs."

A type of insect, horse flies are classified as true flies in the order Diptera. There are approximately 3,000 species of horse flies known worldwide, 350 of which are found in North America. At least three subfamilies are recognised:

Chrysopsinae
Pangoniinae
Tabaninae
the genus Zophina is of uncertain placement, though it has been classified among the Pangoniinae.
The two best-known types are the common horse flies, genus Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758 and the deerflies, genus Chrysops Meigen, 1802 also known as banded horse flies because of their coloring. Both these genera give their names to subfamilies. The "Blue Tail Fly" in the eponymous song was probably a tabanid common to the southeastern United States.

Answer 5

HUGE flies, the size of a large hornet. They are seen around large animals, such as horses, which is where they get the name. They will bite for blood, but like large animals for their target.

Answer 6

There big flies that normally hang out around stalls and horses. They are ugly and they bite. I have only seen them on the East Coast.

Answer 7

a flies which look like houseflies