Stable fly
flies superficially resemble house flies, but are lighter in colour and have biting mouth parts. Both male and female flies feed on animal blood, and females [...] returning time and again to feed off animals in short 2–5 minute sessions. The bites are extremely painful, but the flies will typically ignore swatting, stamping [...] if animals begin to bunch together (an avoidance strategy to reduce fly bites) when temperatures are high. Transmission of blood-borne pathogens between