#3908 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Stable Fly

🇳🇱 Stalvlieg ·Stomoxys calcitrans

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Fyn Kynd · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY 4.0
3. © Conall · CC BY 4.0
4. © Fyn Kynd · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Trinity River NWR · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Bill Keim · CC BY 4.0
7. © Daniel Heald · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Stomoxys calcitrans is commonly called the stable fly , barn fly , biting house fly , dog fly , or power mower fly . Unlike most members of the family Muscidae, Stomoxys calcitrans ('sharp mouth' + 'kicking') and others of its genus suck blood from mammals. Now found worldwide, the species is considered to be of Eurasian origin.

base stats

NL sightings 33iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,761iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).