Perch-and-pursue

Guides

• Hybomitra illota

  horse fly

  Hybomitra illota is a horse fly species in the family Tabanidae. Males form aggregations in forest clearings, exhibiting a "perch-and-pursue" mating behavior where they chase flying insects overhead. This species occurs in temperate North America, with documented populations in Canada and the United States.

  Tabanidaehorse-flyhilltoppinglek-like-aggregationperch-and-pursuethermoregulationforest-clearingNorth-America