Hybomitra lurida

Hybomitra lurida is a horse-fly in the genus Hybomitra. It is a large fly, between 12-15 millimetres long. It is found across northern Europe.

Hybomitra lurida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Species:
H. lurida
Binomial name
Hybomitra lurida
(Fallén, 1817)

The grown flies fly in summer, from May to June. They prefer open landscapes, in forests and mountains. Usually, they stay around cattle.

Literature

  • Lyneborg, Leif. 1960. Tovinger 2. Våbenfluer klæger m. fl. Danmarks Fauna nr. 66. G.E.C Gads forlag.København.
gollark: I see. Weird.
gollark: Isn't that just because they have the same CPU architecture or something?
gollark: If the utter bees at Sony and Microsoft didn't lock them down a ton, consoles would make good home servers.
gollark: (osmarks.net is not high traffic)
gollark: Nginx doesn't even use 1% of my CPU in usual situations.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.