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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Muscinae » Blood-feeding Muscidae (Stomoxyini) » Stomoxys » Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)
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5014968 biting fly - Stomoxys calcitrans
Copyright © 2005 Rob Curtis

5014968 biting fly - Stomoxys calcitrans
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
September 7, 2005
Size: ~3/8"
Sorry but this one is a little squashed. It was one of several tormenting me by biting my legs while I was trying to photograph other insects and I finally slapped it after about 5 bites. It had very quick reactions and was not harmless! It wasn't actually killed. I am curious what it is. A bite feels like a needle being pushed in.
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 16 September, 2005 - 7:06pm
Last updated 15 September, 2008 - 9:28pm

Moved
Moved from Stomoxys.
… John R. Maxwell, 15 September, 2008 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Muscoidea.
… Keith Bayless, 18 February, 2007 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

Stomoxys
Similar as this one, I suppose, Stomoxys calcitrans

Paul

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