Controlling stable flies that pester zoo animals
Monday, February 16, 2015 - 07:00
in Biology & Nature
Humans aren't the only ones visiting zoos nowadays. The stable fly, typically a pest of farm animals, also pesters tigers, foxes, and other exotic species in zoos. A biting insect that feeds on blood, the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, can create open lesions on the animals.