WE CAN'T BELIEVE WE MISSED THIS
Horse Fly Named in Honor of Beyonce
(Thanks to Omniskeptic)
« Previous | Main | Next »
February 11, 2012
Comments
You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
Horse Flies, Dave's science lesson of the day. All insects have an important job but are annoying sometimes
Posted by: Theresa | February 11, 2012 at 06:49 PM
If you like it then you shoulda put a *SPLAT*
Posted by: Punkin | February 11, 2012 at 07:19 PM
I've never thought of a horsefly as being 'glamorous'.
Posted by: nursecindy | February 11, 2012 at 07:22 PM
This is in honor of her hit song "Horsefly With No Name"
Posted by: wingnut | February 11, 2012 at 08:21 PM
There are three horses in a pasture down the road from my wife's farm. In the summer, they always stand with the two outer ones facing the same direction and the middle facing the opposite.
It took a while for me to realize that these equine geniuses were strategically placed so that flailing tails protected all three heads from HORSE FLIES.
I can get along with almost any animal.
Mosquitoes and biting flies are the exceptions.
Posted by: Steve | February 11, 2012 at 09:57 PM
Serious buzzkill.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | February 11, 2012 at 11:40 PM
Had heard of them but never seen one until I visited the Midwest. Those big. green and black things don't even taxi for a landing before they take a hunk of meat out of your arm and fly off. Another horrible animal invention is the sweatbee. All of a sudden the inside of my elbow started itching and swelling. Was told not to scratch as it would get worse. Not to scratch? I was ready to tear my arm off - worse than any mosquito bite. Never saw one though.
Posted by: pjd | February 12, 2012 at 12:27 AM
If I were a fly
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a horse
I swear I'd bite a better horse
Posted by: Just Some Guy | February 12, 2012 at 07:54 AM
"...the fly's spectacular gold colour makes it the "all time diva of flies."
I'll believe it when I see the flies able to shut down entire wings of hospitals when they reproduce.
Posted by: Dan S. | February 13, 2012 at 12:48 PM