Stable fly
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[Photo] Stomoxys calcitrans (English: Stable fly, adult female at Warbler Woods Nature Preserve, Cibolo, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA. Image can also be found at http://diptera.info; Deutsch: Wadenstecher im Warbler Woods Nature Preserve, Cibolo, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA.). Date 2006-04-09. Released into the public domain by the author http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:totipotent

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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