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title: "Stable Fly"
description: "Stomoxys calcitrans — Owady i pająki. Stomoxys calcitrans is known by the common names stable fly, barn fly, biting house fly, dog fly, and power mower fly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/stable-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Stable Fly

> Stomoxys calcitrans — Owady i pająki. Stomoxys calcitrans is known by the common names stable fly, barn fly, biting house fly, dog fly, and power mower fly.

- Scientific name: *Stomoxys calcitrans*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `farm` (Gospodarstwo)
- iNaturalist observations: 9359
- Wikidata: [Q598609](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598609)
- iNaturalist taxon: [122223](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122223)

## Names

- en: Stable Fly
- de: Wadenstecher
- es: Mosca del establo
- fr: Mouche charbonneuse
- nl: Stalvlieg
- pt: Mosca-de-estábulo

## Countries with the most observations

US (2476), CA (393), AT (269), GB (201), FR (195), DE (186), AU (173), PT (157), AR (145), BR (121), MX (114), ES (107)

## Summary

Stomoxys calcitrans is known by the common names stable fly, barn fly, biting house fly, dog fly, and power mower fly. Unlike most members of the family Muscidae, Stomoxys calcitrans ('sharp mouth' + 'kicking') and others of its genus suck blood from mammals. Now found worldwide, the species is considered to be of Eurasian or African origin.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_fly

## Photo

![Stable Fly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/stable-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Matt Schultz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231480684

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/stable-fly?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).