Bug FAQTabanus sulcifrons
Tabanus sulcifrons · Order: Diptera · Family: Tabanidae
How to recognize it
Tabanus sulcifrons belongs to the horse-fly family Tabanidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It lives across the eastern United States and adjacent southern Canadian regions.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range covers the eastern half of the U.S. and nearby southern Canada.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 33 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Ohio, Maryland, Illinois, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Tabanidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabanus_sulcifrons
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.