Common March Fly - ? sp.
Family Tabanidae
This page contains pictures and information about Common March Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm
- March Flies are sometimes known as Green Heads. The above pictures explained why they are called.
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- Notice their mouth which is the strong straight proboscis for piercing and sucking.
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- When bush-walking in the forest, sometimes we found March Fly landed on our body. We known that some species of march fly female feed on blood and targeting human. This fly might not do any good to us. We always drove them away as soon as possible.
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