Stable fly
typically congregate on the legs of livestock to feed, and the population size can be assessed by counting the number of Stomoxys on the animals’ front legs [...] in 1–4 days. They are typical maggots ranging in size from 5–12 mm long, and they pass through three larval instars within 10–30 (or more) days, depending [...] moniker, as these flies are the only members of the Muscidae family that feed on mammalian blood (particularly cattle and horses, humans, and pigs to a lesser