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I don't think I've ever seen one. This is despite working next to an equestrian centre.
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I'm not sure it was in good health, it was crawling slowly through the grass. I never saw it in flight at all. Looking at pic 3 it may be playing host to some mites. |
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The one in these photos is a Tabanus species, probably Tabanus sudeticus (Dark Giant Horsefly) - so this one isn't a clegg. |
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![]() ![]() I thought "clegg" was just a kids' term for any old horsefly. Certainly in the days when I used the term it was a generic name for all big bitey things that we should stay away from. Makes me wonder how on earth a term with a scientific basis gets to be "street slang". Thanks for your input - as always - Roy. Tony |
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In "Flies of the British Isles", published in 1951, Colyer & Hammond mention a number of names used for members of the horsefly family, and state: "Of these, the term 'cleg' appears to be generally used today in respect of Haematopota species..." It may just be that, in the areas that they tended to do their entomology, other terms were used for different horseflies. |
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