How Big Is A Giant Horse Fly?

25–30 mm long. Tabanus bovinus, sometimes called the pale giant horse-fly, is a species of biting horse-fly. As the scientific name suggests, it prefers bovine animals as the source of blood, although it may bite other kind of mammals as well. The insect is relatively large for a horse-fly, adults Read more…

Can You Drown A Horsefly?

The spiracles of most insects can close to keep things such as dust out. Therefore, they can hold their breath, so to speak. But if an insect is trapped in water for too long, it will run out of oxygen and eventually drown. Can flies survive underwater? The “diving flies” Read more…

Do Horses Stand On One Toe?

From asses to zebras, all living horses stand on a single toe – the equivalent of our third digits of our hands and feet. The singular nature of horse legs has made equids evolutionary favorites. What toe does a horse stand on? Since the horse’s ergots protrude from the fetlock Read more…