March Fly

Also called a horse fly, the females will bite hard for a feed of blood. They really do hurt, but the upside is they are rather slow so are reasonably easy to swat. They are huge compared to a house fly! Thank you for the many comments as you journey the weirdness of nature with me!

[PhylM-S]

Fantastic macro! Look at those wings! Your detail is super! This is as close to one of these I’d want to get.

[Louise & Ken]

What a spectacularly detailed image! I can now recognize one immediately and will know what to run from!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Great macro of the horse fly ! not a friendly beast !!!

[Merrelyn]

Great detail on this nasty critter :)

[Boo]

ooh nice

[Issi Bannerman]

Wow, great image.

[Paul]

Excellent close up 👍

[Sally Ings]

Great details. Horse flies are horrid creatures and their bite is quite painful.

[gloria jones]

Excellent macro and details

[Taffy]

terrific macro

[Pyrrhula]

A great micro and beautiful capture.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Rachel]

Great shot! And boy, do those bites hurt!

[Rick]

Yeah, the horse fly's that we have around here sure do bite. Great shot of this beast. :-)

[Sue Cooper]

You have an amazing variety of creatures on your land. This is a fabulous close up.

[Valerie Chesney]

What a super close- up, I've been bitten by one of these...they really hurt

[Fr1da]

great focus

[Sapphire]

amazing picture - nasty buggers they are, the sting lasts for weeks. fantastic detail