Stable Fly

Stomoxys calcitrans

Stable flies are pesky little insects that look like house flies but have a painful bite! They love to hang around farms and grassy areas, especially where animals are.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Stable Fly is a medium-sized, grayish-brown fly with four dark stripes on its thorax and a distinct checkerboard pattern on its abdomen. It has a stiff, bayonet-like proboscis that juts forward, making it visually different from the similar-looking house fly.

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Stable Fly

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Both male and female stable flies must drink blood to survive and lay eggs!

Stable flies are strong flyers, able to travel miles to find a meal.

Their bites can be quite painful, much more than a mosquito's nip!

They like to bite animals on their legs and bellies, even humans!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Stable Fly can pierce tough animal skin because it has a sharp, needle-like mouthpart that helps them drink blood.

Stable Fly can dodge predators with swift, erratic flight patterns, making it very hard for birds to catch them.

Stable Fly can multiply quickly because females lay hundreds of eggs that hatch in days, ensuring many new flies.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 10-14 mm
Größe: 5-7 mm
Lebenserwartung: 10-20 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 8 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These flies drink blood from warm-blooded animals, needing it to live and lay eggs.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat decaying plant matter, but adults feed exclusively on blood.

Hauptnahrung

Cattle blood
Horse blood
Human blood
Dog blood
Bird blood

Nahrungssuche

Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Cattle

Bos taurus

Feeds on their blood, causing irritation and stress.

depends on

Horse

Equus caballus

Feeds on their blood, causing discomfort and potential disease.

Merkmale

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.