Stable fly
are lighter in colour and have biting mouth parts. Both male and female flies feed on animal blood, and females must be engorged with blood to lay eggs. They [...] mammalian blood (particularly cattle and horses, humans, and pigs to a lesser extent). Although they are extremely common and exist worldwide, it is believed [...] Weakened animals and potential anemia from continual irritation, stress and blood feeding. Lower livestock feeding due to stress and avoidance behaviours