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Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
38.4971, -104.438
Field Notes
Description:
The size of a house fly, and very similar except for the beak-like mouthparts, which are used to pierce the skin of livestock and withdraw blood.
Habitat:
Found on a cattail leaf at the edge of an artificial wetland. Surrounding native landscape is dry shortgrass prairie.
Notes:
This is more or less the North American equivalent of the tsetse fly.
Reference Links:
Species Stomoxys calcitrans - Stable Fly - BugGuide.Net
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 30, 2013
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