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[[Image:Stomoxys calcitrans.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Stomoxys calcitrans'' - Wikimedia Commons]]
*Also known as the stable fly
*'''Visiting''' biting fly
**Feeds on the host
**Spends most of its time '''off''' the host e.g. In flight or resting on buildings, foliage and fences
*Attacks most animals
*Found worldwide
==Recognition==
*Similar to ''Musca domestica''
*5-7mm long
*Forward-pointing proboscis (biting)
**Both males and females suck blood
*Grey thorax and abdomen
*Longitudinal grey stripes on thorax
*Large black spots on abdomen
*Clear wings
==Life cycle==
*Eggs laid on rotting hay and straw
*Larvae feed on vegetable matter
*Life cycle takes '''1 month'''
*Adult flies survive for 1 month
==Pathogenesis==
*Production losses
**Reduced weight gain
**Milk yield losses
***Up to 20% in cattle affected by '''fly worry'''
*Vectors for the retrovirus [[Equine Infectious Anemia|Equine infectious anaemia]]
*Mechanical vectors for protozoa e.g. trypanosomes in warmer countries
*Intermediate hosts of the nematode [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Helminths|''Habronema'']]
*Also known as the stable fly
*'''Visiting''' biting fly
**Feeds on the host
**Spends most of its time '''off''' the host e.g. In flight or resting on buildings, foliage and fences
*Attacks most animals
*Found worldwide
==Recognition==
*Similar to ''Musca domestica''
*5-7mm long
*Forward-pointing proboscis (biting)
**Both males and females suck blood
*Grey thorax and abdomen
*Longitudinal grey stripes on thorax
*Large black spots on abdomen
*Clear wings
==Life cycle==
*Eggs laid on rotting hay and straw
*Larvae feed on vegetable matter
*Life cycle takes '''1 month'''
*Adult flies survive for 1 month
==Pathogenesis==
*Production losses
**Reduced weight gain
**Milk yield losses
***Up to 20% in cattle affected by '''fly worry'''
*Vectors for the retrovirus [[Equine Infectious Anemia|Equine infectious anaemia]]
*Mechanical vectors for protozoa e.g. trypanosomes in warmer countries
*Intermediate hosts of the nematode [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Helminths|''Habronema'']]