Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Splayed Deerfly

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Chrysops caecutiens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Splayed Deerfly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Tabanidae
Genus	Aegilops	Chrysops
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Chrysops caecutiens

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Splayed Deerfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Splayed Deerfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Splayed Deerfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.