Fly recognition Flashcards
Why type of fly is this?
Nuisance - sponge like labeellum (green)
What type of fly is this?
Biting fly - forward pointing proboscis
What species of fly is this?
Musca sp(muscidae family)
M.domestica - house fly
M.autumnalis - face fly
standard 7.5mm fly
nuisance
long grey thorax
yellow and black striped abdomen
production loss
transmit - anthrax, e.coli, salmonella, poultry tapeworms
What species of fly does this LC belong to?
Musca sp
control by sanitation, spray dung heaps with insecticide, spray resting sites - around animal buildings
control on host
What has hapenned to this sheep’s head and what fly has caused it?
Broken head - from self inflicted damage from swarms of flies - can lead to blowfly strike and secondary inf.
Hydrotea Irritans (head fly) ( Muscidae family)
olive green abdomen
eggs in vegetation - larvae emerge and overwinter - pupate in spring - adult emerge in summer
can transmit summer mastitis in cattle
What fly is this?
Stable fly / Stomoxys calcitrans ( biting fly from Muscidae family)
visiting fly
animals and humans worldwide
grey with grey striped thorax
grey with black striped abdomen
eggs on rotting straw - LC is 1 month
production loss
What fly is this?
Haematobia irritans / horn fly (resident biting fly from Muscidae family)
rests on back, shoulders and sides of host
feeds on belly, dewlap and udder
small stable fly
eggs in cattle dung - larvae pupate beneath dung - adult flies in 1 week
production loss - annoyance
easier to control as more time in contact with host but means could develop resistance more quickly
What fly is this?
Horse fly - Tabanidae family
medium - large
female only bites
dark colour and large eyes
discal cell wing venation
eggs on leaves over water - larvae fall into water - return to land to pupate (1 year)
painful bites
vector for - antrax, pasturella, african horse sickness
What fly is this?
Buffalo gnat / black fly/ Simulidae family
small, black, hump backed, short hairless antennae, clear wings
active in morning and evening - painful bites - anaemia
What fly is this?
Tsetse fly - Glossinidae family
medium size, biting mouthparts, greenish thorax and yellow/brown abdomen
close cell butchers cleaver wing venation
painful irritating bites
transmit trypanosomes and sleeping sickness
What fly is this?
Midge - ceratopogonida family - Culicoides genus
very small, dark colour, humpback, mottled wings
eggs on plants near water - larvae - pupae - adults (1 month - 1 year)
worldwide
painful irritatin bites - only females suck blood
cause sweet itch in horses( allergic dermatitis)
vector for bluetongue, african horse sickness, schmallengberg
stable horses(late afternoon - early evening) , drain breeding sites, fly strips in stables
What fly is this?
Mosquito - Culicidae family
important genera - culex, aedes, anopheles
small, biting mouthparts, slender body, long legs, narrow wings with scales
raft of eggs on water - larvae below water - pupa- adult (2 weeks - several months)
most active at night
painful irritating bites - only females suck blood
transmit: dengues fever, yellow fever, milaria, enlephantosis, myxomatosis, dirofilaria immitis,
control: destroy breeding sites, public education,
What fly is this?
sandfly - psychodidae family
vector for leishmania
warmer climate only
mini mosquito, hairs on wing margins and veins
eggs on ground/cracks in floor - adult (1-3 months)
nuisance (only F suck blood)
What fly is this?
Forest fly - Hippoboscidae family - Hippobosca spp
biting fly - horses and cattle
medium, reddish-brown with yellow spots, reduced wings, biting mouthparts normall retracted
adult fly depostis larvae in soil - pupates in soil - adult(one year)
irritation and annoyance
What fly is this?
Melophagus ovinus / sheep ked - Hippoboscidae family
biting
sheep and goats worldwide-autumn and winter
medium, hairy, brown, biting mouthparts, wingless, strong legs and claws
female deposits single larvae- pupates in fleece on host - adult (few weeks-months)
anaemia, wool damage,
sheep dipping and shearing
