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Hello Jürgen, H. pluvialis is the one that bit me two years ago. I will never forget that experience it was quite painful! I was kneeling down holding a flower trying to photograph a diptera of some sort. I don't even remember what i was trying to photograph because suddenly i felt an intense pain on the palm of my hand. The horse fly landed on the palm of my hand that was holding the camera, then it bit me. I can confirm that it is a painful bite. I can almost feel the pain again justi thinking about it. H. pluvialis is horrible at the local park. These flies follow me and my wife everywhere. We have much trouble trying to photograph insects.

I have yet to see a Chrysops species. In fact, i only ever see H. pluvialis where i live. I've visited several places around Berlin and i still do not see other Tabanidae species. Very interesting. Chrysops looks larger than H. pluvialis. I bet that bite is worse than H. pluvialis. Be careful, my Friend. The weather should be quite warm the next weeks, so they may be quite active now.

I hope that you have a pleasant night :)