Stable fly
concern when the average number per leg is as low as two. When populations are very large (> 25 flies/leg), the insects will begin to cluster on the animals’ [...] congregate on the legs of livestock to feed, and the population size can be assessed by counting the number of Stomoxys on the animals’ front legs. The flies become [...] Stable flies belong to the genus Stomoxys , Latin for “sharp mouth”; a fitting moniker, as these flies are the only members of the Muscidae family that