Meet Haematopota pluvialis... the Common Horsefly aka the Notch-horned Cleg Fly. It looks so cool with those funky, multi-coloured shades, but it doesn't act cool! Harrassing & biting poor defenseless birders! 😬 Apparently only the females bite. #WildHungary #insects #flies #dipterids #MacroMonday

Photo of large reddish pollinating fly on a coltsfoot leaf

Catkin fly - first of the spring, Youngs River Falls, Clatsop Co., OR
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