Insect fly a Helicopter speed.

The Horsefly is the insect that flies faster, reaches a speed of 145 kilometers per hour.

In tabanids there is a marked sexual dimorphism that affects two aspects of their anatomy. First, females have a gadfly mouthparts chopper - cater stronger in relation to a bloodsucking habit not shared by males. Second, males are dicópticas holoptical and females, in the first compound eyes meet at the top, covering the top of the head, it is shared with other families of flies, as hoverflies trait.

Horsefly Hind wings have been transformed into waters or rocker, appendages that help control the flight, allowing them to fly very actively and effectively in particular prairie horseflies (Tabanus genres, Hybomitra, Chlorotabanus, etc. . ) Rather than the forest habitat, as Chrysops.

The Horsefly attacks the exposed areas of his victim not caring if it discovers or not. The horsefly bite leaves painful and reddened the affected area occasionally causing swelling, redness and itching, which may require treatment with antibiotics. Their mouthparts are strong enough and long enough to penetrate the skin of goats, donkeys or horses.