From the album: Invertebrates
Stomoxys sp.
Stable Fly or Biting House Fly
Late Pliocene
Piacenzian
Willershausen a. Harz
Lower Saxony
Germany
Unfortunately the wings are not preserved.
An adult stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, on an aloe vera leaf. Specimen is approx 10mm in length. Taken by user Fir0002 in Swifts Creek, Victoria in February 2007 (from Wikimedia Commons)