Exam 3

Question 1

I am a muscid, i have 4 stripes on my back, I like wounds/ secretions, i like to bother you while you eat, i can cause eye problems & I LOVE livestock (mostly cattle). What am I?

Answer 1

Musca autumnalis (face fly)

Question 2

I drink blood so i have a sharp proboscis that causes a painful bite, I like to lay my eggs on soaked material (urine soaked hay is my fav), when i get on the walls i tilt my head backwards, i sometimes hang with Tabanids and i will interrupt your feedings. What am i?

Answer 2

Stomoxys calcitrans (Stable fly)

Question 3

Stomoxys calcitrans, Musca domestica, and Musca autumnalis can be prevented and treated how?

Answer 3

Fly ID

Sanitation to reduce breeding, insecticides, & environment but NEVER compost

Control is based on regular application of these insecticides to animals and fly-breeding sites.

Question 4

I am the smallest blood sucking muscid, i lay my eggs in fresh feces (and thats the only time i come off my host), i can diapause over winter as a pupa, and i love horns. What am i?

Answer 4

Haematobia irritans (horn fly) ONLY ON CATTLE

Question 5

Stomoxys calcitrans & Musca domestica’s DH are?

Answer 5

Most animals and humans

Question 6

I am very well known for causing allergies to horses when i do choose to bother them:

Answer 6

Culicoides spp (bitting midges)

Question 7

Where do Culicoides spp lay their eggs and how can this help with their prevention?

Answer 7

Eggs in damp marshy ground (aquatic/ semi aquatic)

Decrease standing water, avoid marshy pastures, & treat horse w/ repellents/ insecticides

depends on the destruction of breeding sites by drainage or spraying with insecticides.

Question 8

Which fly can transmit blue tongue dx to sheep and cattle ?

Answer 8

Culicoides spp

Question 9

Prevention of Haematobia irritans

Answer 9

Apply prevention to host because they remain on the host all the time & use Insecticide -resistance so can feed cattle meds to make the feces unfit for fly dev