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Curtis British Entomology Plate 421Diptera: Hippobosca equina (Horse-fly or Ked) [Plant: Tanacetum vulgare (Common Tansy)] Date: 1824-39
Tabanus aeneus Surcouf, horse flyPlate 67 from a drawings collection of Oriental and African blood-sucking flies.. Watercolour and ink on paper, c.1906 by Grace Edwards (1875-1926). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1906
Gasterophilus, horse botflyThe larva of the horse botfly (Gasterophilus) which upon hatching migrate internally where they grow and attach themselves to the stomach wall of horses. Photographed by Martin Hall
Glossina morsitans morsitans, savanna tsetse flyPlate 63 from a drawings collection of Oriental and African blood-sucking flies.. Watercolour and ink on paper, c.1906 by Grace Edwards (1875-1926). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1906
Philoliche angulata, horse flyPlate 23 from a drawings collection of Oriental and African blood-sucking flies. Watercolour and ink on paper, c.1906 by Grace Edwards (1875-1926). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1906
Philoliche longirostris, horse flyA horse fly specimen from India. This fly uses its long proboscis to feed at flowers. The mouthparts of the female also include shorter blades with which it takes blood
Horse-fly in resinA horse-fly preserved in resin, no more than a few hundred years old
Horsefly in Baltic amberA horsefly, Diptera: Brachycera: Tabanidae trapped in Baltic amber and dates from the Upper Eocene. Amber is fossilised tree resin
Tabanus autumnalis, horse flyOriginal painting of a horse fly by Amadeo J. E. Terzi, (1872-1956)
Various InsectsButterflies and other insects, also a man-made beehive. Date: circa 1880