Photo by Alvesgaspar (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBeware the Wasp<\/h2>\n
Believe it or not the Horse Fly needs to be on the look out for predators. Sure they have the common insect predators such as birds and reptiles but they are also vulnerable to other insects such as the Sand Wasp and Horse Guard Wasp. You wouldn’t think that a wasp would be able to take down such a large fly. It just goes to show that you can never underestimate nature.<\/p>\n
Horse Fly Fast Fact<\/h2>\n
Believe it or not there are over 3000 species of Horse Flies scattered throughout the planet. There are roughly 300+ species in North America alone. No matter what species of Horse Fly \u00a0you are dealing with…you can bet the female is going to be a lot meaner than the gentle male.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a nice sunny weekend is upon us, I thought it would be good to learn about an animal we will be seeing plenty of in the very near future. Of course, I am talking about the pesky Horse Fly. No matter where you live in the world, you will most likely see at least one of these this summer. Okay, maybe not, if you live in Antarctica but I willing to bet you don’t live that far south. Other names for the Horse Fly that you may be more familiar with include: Gadflies, Breeze Flies, March Flies, Zimbs, Clegs <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[348,3074,3073,3068,3069,3070,3071,4025,3072],"yoast_head":"\n
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