Esenbeckia
Esenbeckia sp. long-tongued horse fly. Although bees receive much praise for pollination, flies are equally important. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Goniops chrysocoma
Goniops is a strange and poorly-known fly occuring in eastern North America, apparently only distantly related to other known horseflies. Adults are non-feeding. Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA.
Up close with a female Goniops horse fly. Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA.
Tabanus sp.
Two male horseflies face off in a territorial skirmish atop a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada.
Tabanus (= Hybomitra) horse fly. California. filename: Tabanus1
Symphoromyia
In California's Sierra Nevada, a Symphoromyia snipe fly takes a blood meal from the photographer.
Chrysopilus thoracicus
Golden-backed snipe fly. Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Chrysopilus modestus
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Chrysopilus
A rhagionid snipe fly surveys his territory. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Rhagio lineola
This European snipe fly species was accidentally introduced to North America. South Bristol, New York, USA.
