Stable fly
thorax. However, they are light grey in colour; they have a broader abdomen that displays several dark spots in a “checkerboard” pattern; and, most significantly [...] long), white, sausage-shaped eggs (singly, or in bunches of 25–30) in humid areas with large amounts of decaying organic matter, such as compost piles [...] insects and can travel up to 20 km in search of new hosts. Damage symptoms Stable flies typically congregate on the legs of livestock to feed, and the population