Stable fly
exist worldwide, it is believed they first originated somewhere in Eurasia. Stable flies superficially resemble house flies, but are lighter in colour and have [...] third-ever feeding (on average, a fly must feed four times before it can oviposit for the first time). After mating the females lay their small (~1 mm long) [...] Stable flies are persistent, intermittent feeders, returning time and again to feed off animals in short 2–5 minute sessions. The bites are extremely painful