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{{Taxobox
|name = ''Haematobia irritans
|kingdom =
|phylum = [[:Category:Arthropods|Arthropoda]]
|class = [[Insecta]]
|sub-class =
|order = Diptera
|super-family =
|family = Muscidae
|sub-family =
|genus = Haematobia
|species = ''H. irritans
}}
[[Image:Haematobia irritans.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Haematobia irritans'' - Scott Bauer Wikimedia Commons]]
[[Image:Haematobia irritans.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Haematobia irritans'' - Scott Bauer Wikimedia Commons]]
Also known as: '''''Horn fly — Lyperosia irritans
==Hosts==
Cattle
==Identification==
''H. irritans'' is of the class [[Insecta|insecta]]. Adults are between 3-4mm in length, and are grey with black stripes on the thorax. The larvae are yellow.
==Life Cycle==
The flies remain on the host, for most of their life cycle, leaving only to lay their eggs on other hosts - spreading the infection. The eggs hatch quickly, and mature on the cattle, mostly along the back, shoulders and sides.
The complete life cycle takes around a 1 week.
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