A survey of northwest Florida for potential stable fly breeding.

A survey was made in 15 counties of Northwest Florida and 10 bordering counties in Georgia and Alabama for potential breeding sites of stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.). Most of the sites found that were capable of breeding tremendous numbers of flies were located at dairies and feedlots, but some were at beef ranches, horse farms, and swine and poultry installations. All of these potential breeding sites were located within 70 miles of the Gulf coast beach resorts, which are within the flight range of the stable fly.