# \#nycteribiidae **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/nycteribiidae/4634.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [Bat Fly—Wingless, Eyeless, Blood-Sucker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bat-fly-wingless-eyeless-blood-sucker/3601)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 August 2023 13:20 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bat-fly-wingless-eyeless-blood-sucker/3601 "2023-08-13T13:20:27Z")
Bat flies (Nycteribiidæ) are true files (Diptera, superfamily Hippoboscoidea) which are obligate parasites that live in the fur of bats. Both males and females live by sucking blood from their hosts. They…