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Female fly
* Female flies are female animals
  - attack animals while males are attracted to flowers
  - feed on secretions from the wounds and orifices of cattle and horses
  - have four crossbands on the abdomen, and males have three
* Female flies lay eggs in fruit
  - just under the skin of the apple
  - on or near suitable habitats
  - white, oblong eggs in groups just under the skin of mature, ripening fruit
* Most female flies produce hundreds of eggs.

Flower fly
* Flower flies are easy to find during the summer in Kentucky.
* Most flower flies feed on aphids, grasping their prey and sucking out the body fluids.
* Some flower flies are parasitic, laying eggs on the eggs of harmful insects.

Hessian fly
* Hessian flies are flies
  - attack small grains, including wheat, rye, barley and some wild grasses
* is one of the worst insect enemies of wheat.
* potential insect problem for durum, as are rusts.

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Horn fly
* Horn flies are flies
  - pests only in pasture or rangeland systems
* Horn flies can actively fly or be moved by the wind for neighbor's cattle to have maximum effect
  - cause cattle to have decreased weight gains
  - cause most of the economic loss
  - die naturally after a short time off of the animal
* Horn flies feed by piercing the hide and sucking the blood
  - mainly on cattle but also attack sheep, goats, horses, swine and other animals
  - primarily on the withers, around the horns, and along the back
  - while hanging downward on the sides and legs of cattle and horses
  - occur in open pastures and rangeland
  - spend most of their time on the animal
  - tend to rest quietly until disturbed whereas other flies always seem to be on the move

Male fly
* Male flies are often smaller than females.
* Male flies feed on nectar and are of no consequence as animal pests
  - pollen
  - have sex combs on their front legs
  - help the females to bank sperm
  - produce an auditory stridulatory sound or signal during courtship
* Some male flies form compact swarms.

Melon fly
* Melon flies do attack beans, tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers, melons, squash, and other cucurbits.
* causes considerable damage to all cucurbit crops everywhere it occurs
  - losses on cucurbit crops, though no specific data are available

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Stable fly
* Stable flies appear similar to house flies.
* Stable flies are also important pests in range or pasture situations
  - blood feeders
  - blood-feeders
  - blood-sucking and are attracted to the ears of dogs
  - capable of long flights in search of a blood meal
  - insects
  - similar in size to the house fly
* Stable flies are vicious biters commonly associated with dairy and equine operations
  - often flying from host to host until their appetites are whetted
  - worldwide pests of livestock and man
  - attack horses' legs and abdomens, and bites result in nodules and crusty lesions
* Stable flies bite a horse's skin until it bleeds and then feed on the blood
  - at horses until they bleed, feeding on the blood
* Stable flies breed in decaying organic matter
  - vegetable matter and in manure, if mixed with straw
* Stable flies can be a problem both indoors or out
  - quite numerous during periodic hatches, mostly along shorelines
  - cause cattle to bunch and disrupt cooling
  - feed mainly on the legs and bellies of cattle and horses
* Stable flies feed on most species of domestic livestock, but are major pests of cattle and horses
  - the ears of dogs, particularly German shepherds and greyhounds
  - leave black specks which are the product of blood digestion
  - prefer to attack people around the ankles
  - resemble house flies
  - rest in shady areas during the heat of the day
  - tend to bite man around the ankles