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Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)
Photo#838318
Copyright © 2013
Mike Hill
Unknown Fly -
Stomoxys calcitrans
Seven Springs, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA
September 8, 2013
This fly was sat on my deck rail and allowed me to move in very close to get this shot.
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Contributed by
Mike Hill
on 8 September, 2013 - 1:29pm
Close
These flies are after blood and love being close to people. They go after my lower leg. I don't know if that is universal.
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John F. Carr
, 8 September, 2013 - 2:10pm
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Whatever they are....
I have been bitten by flies that maybe, perhaps, look like this and when I feel them bite, I swipe them and get a smear of blood. If that is my blood, or this fly's blood, or indeed someone elses, I have no idea.
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Mike Hill
, 8 September, 2013 - 4:21pm
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Flies don't bleed
Flies don't have red blood except what they got from drinking. If you swat a fly and see red, it probably came from you.
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John F. Carr
, 8 September, 2013 - 4:23pm
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, 8 September, 2013 - 1:59pm
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