This is a Cleg fly Haematopota pluvialis
This is a Cleg fly Haematopota pluvialis about 10mm long and dull grey The females are bloodsuckers often leaving an infected bite on humans and livestock strangely the males live on nectar and plant juices It flies silently and is often called a horse fly Copyright PRESS PORTRAIT SERVICE Whites GReen Petworth Sussex GU28 9BD 01798 342716 Vat No 415 2201 08
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Photo credit: © David Cole / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: bite, blood, cleg, clegfly, cleggfly, fly, grey, haematopota, horse, horsefly, pluvialis, sucker
