stable fly
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A fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) that sucks the blood of domestic animals and humans.
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A fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) that sucks the blood of domestic animals and humans.
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| Stomoxys calcitrans Linnaeus, 1758 |
Stomoxys calcitrans is commonly called the stable fly or dog fly. Rather unusual for a member of the family Muscidae is that it sucks blood from mammals.
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