Stable fly
with large amounts of decaying organic matter, such as compost piles, hay bales, spilled feed and near the edge of silage pits. As with all flies, development [...] belong to the genus Stomoxys , Latin for “sharp mouth”; a fitting moniker, as these flies are the only members of the Muscidae family that feed on mammalian [...] and can travel up to 20 km in search of new hosts. Damage symptoms Stable flies typically congregate on the legs of livestock to feed, and the population