Talk:Chrysops

Hoax?
What part of this article is suspected of being a hoax? Pendragon39 16:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Phototiasindominosis - only has 3 non wiki ghits, & one of those is so full of miss-spellings its credibility is obviously zero. I'm removing that bit. 216.168.116.109 00:32, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Horse Flies vs. Stable flies
The first 3 of these articles mention "horseflies," but the first two refer to biting flies that are classified significantly differently than the third:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly (Family: Tabanidae)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_flies (Family: Tabanidae.....Genus: Chrysops)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_fly (Family: Muscidae....Genus: Stomoxys)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housefly (refers and links to the "Stomoxys" stable fly article, but doesn't mention "Horse flies":)

At the very least, it seems that these articles should acknowledge the phenomenon of "Horsefly" referring to more than one type of fly.

(I posted a similar message on the stable fly and Horse Fly talk pages.)Sojambi Pinola (talk) 20:39, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

I disagree, I have been on the reciving end of all three of them and they are vastly different. Just compare the size of a horsefly to a deerfly, and a stable fly looks like a housefly, but bites. 74.37.227.156 (talk) 20:53, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Chrysops Callidus vs. Chrysops Relictus
The linking between the English and German articles about Chrysops Callidus and Chrysops Relictus is odd. This article (about C. Callidus) links to the German "Goldaugenbremse" (=C Relictus, wrong!). This again links to Chrysops Relictus in English (good!), which itself doesn't offer a German translation (wrong!). The correct linking should be: If you wish to have any linking from Deer fly to a German article, I would go for "Bremsen" which is at least the family the deer fly resides in (English: Horse Fly, Latin: Tabanidae). But just choosing some random horse fly with a similar name instead doesn't make too much sense for me (and suggests Goldaugenbremse to be the translation of deer fly, which is totally wrong). 65.50.75.74 (talk) 02:54, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Chrysops Relictus <=> Goldaugenbremse
 * Deer fly <=> ? (couldn't find Chrysops Callidus in the German wikipedia)

PS: The "Deer fly" article also links to the Dutch "Goudoogdaas" (Chrysops relictus, wrong!), which links back to "Deer fly" (wrong, correct: Chrysops Relictus). 65.50.75.74 (talk) 02:59, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Same thing?
Where I am in Florida, a yellow fly is larger and a bit more vicious then a deer fly. The former, as may be expected, is yellowish, while the latter is smaller and brown, as in the illustration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CF99:2080:CC1C:92D8:9C81:D99C (talk) 02:49, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

The family Tabanidae, commonly known as horse flies, and deer flies, contains pests of cattle, horses and humans. In Florida there are 35 species of Tabanidae that are considered economically important. Horse flies are in the genus Tabanus and deer flies are in the genus Chrysops. The yellow fly, Diachlorus ferrugatus (Fabricius), is known in Florida as a fierce biter. http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/livestock/deer_fly.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CF99:2080:B5A1:3024:5666:1D85 (talk) 00:42, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Size
The article states that deer flies are "smaller than wasps". Wasps range greatly in size from small parasitoids and gall wasps to giant hornets, and most species are quite small - smaller than most deer flies.130.102.82.169 (talk) 04:12, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

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Meaning?
"Also the problem adults may have developed a long way from where the eggs were laid." - Is the subject of this sentence "problem adults"? If so, what are they; if not, is the subject "problem"? In the latter case, what is the verb associated with "problem"? 31.132.83.110 (talk) 02:00, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

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