Insects Flashcards
Musca domestica
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house fly
domestic animals and humans
anywhere on body
sponging mouth, vector for draschia + habronema
Musca autumnalis
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Face fly
domestic animals
wounds, secretions, eyes of cattle
ROTTING material egg lay; ANNOYING
Stomoxys calcitrans
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Stable Fly
domestic animals and humans
anywhere on body
feeds on blood; damp hay egg lay; HEAD UP ON WALLS
Haematobia irritans
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Horn fly
cattle
back to feed, horns to rest, stomach when raining
FRESH FECES egg lay
Culicoides spp.
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Biting midges, no-see-ums
domestics and humans
anywhere in body
TINY; transmit African Horse Sickness and Blue tongue virus in sheep/cattle; IH for Onchocerca
Melophagus ovinus
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Sheep ked/ tick
sheep
wool
WINGLESS, looks like a tick, whole L.C. on host, economic loss from shearing wool to Tx
Tabanus spp.
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Horse fly
domestic, birds, humans
anywhere on body
HUGE; slashing mouth; suck blood; painful bites
Chrysops spp.
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Deer fly
horses ??
bite in shaded areas, horses stand in sun to avoid
longer antennae than Tabanus
Cuterebra spp.
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Rodent/ rabbit/ new world skin bot fly
rodents, rabbits, humans
larvae migrate under skin
lump in neck of cat/dog
Hypoderma lineatum
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Warble fly, heel fly
cattle
eggs on legs, larvae in esophagus–>back
“butcher’s jelly”
Hypoderma bovis
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Warble fly, heel fly
cattle
eggs on legs, larvae in spinal cord
“butcher’s jelly”
Oestrus ovis
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Sheep nasal bot fly
sheep, goats
nasal sinus
copious nasal discharge
Gasterophilus spp
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“bot fly larvae”
??? horses?
non-gland stomach, cardiac sphincter / pylorus + duodenum
FLY WORRYYYY
Cochliomyia hominivorax
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Blow fly / screwworm
livestock
eggs laid FRESH lesions (creates foul smell)
blue body/orange eyes; REPORTABLE; Fly strike; 70% alcohol
Sarcophagidae
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Flesh fly
any animal
decomposing/ necrotic tissue (L1 laid)
L3 overwinters; Tx wound immediately
Ctenocephalides felis
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Cat flea
cats and dogs
skin, back, abd, thighs
MOST COMMON FLEA on cats/dogs; flea allergy dermatitis; vector; VACUUM; preventative + let pet roam freely
Ctenocephalides canis
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Dog flea
dogs, cat,s rats, rabbits, humans
similar to C. felis
RARE
Echidnophaga gallinacean
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Sticktight flea
domestic and wild fowl
head, comb, wattles, eyes
*DISTINCTIVE blunt head; *irritation, anemia
Trichodectes canis
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Dog biting louse
dog
ears, head, neck, tail
VECTOR for D. caninum; old/young/malnourished; entire LC (ENNNA) on host; ISCHNOCERCAN
Felicola subrostratus
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Cat biting louse
cats
ears, head, neck, tail
old/ill/long haired targets; POINTED, TRIANGULAR HEAD; ISCHNOCERCAN
Damalinia bovis
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Cattle biting louse
cattle
head, neck, shoulders, rump/tail
WINTER= FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; chronic dermatitis; ISCHNOCERCAN
Damalinia ovis
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Sheep biting louse
sheep, goats
wool, whole body
MOST PATH OF SHEEP LICE; damaged fleece=> attracts blow flies; ISCHNOCERCAN
Avian lice
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Biting chewing lice
domestic and wild fowl
on feathers
plucking, scratching, inappetence; ECONOMIC LOSSES; ISCHNOCERCAN
Linognathus setosus
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Dog sucking louse
dogs
skin
SUCKING MOUTH => ANEMIA; ANOPLURAN
Linognathus vituli
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Long nosed cattle louse
cattle
neck, head, dewlap
lives in groups; pruritis, anemia, weakness; ANOPLURAN
Linognathus pedalis
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Ovine foot louse
sheep, goats
*lower region of hind limbs, scrotum, belly
anemia; ANOPLURAN
Linognathus ovilus
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Ovine face or body louse
sheep, goats
*face, ears, cheeks, neck, body of heavy wool breeds
anemia; ANOPLURAN
Solenopotes capillatus
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Little Blue cattle louse / sucking louse
cattle
neck, head, shoulders, dewlap, back, tail
smallest ANOPLURAN louse on cattle
Haematopinus eurysternus
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Short nosed cattle louse
cattle
head, ears, eyes, nostrils
anemia! ANOPLURAN; MOST IMPORTANT CATTLE LOUSE
Haematopinus suis
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Swine sucking louse
pigs
skin folds of neck, flanks, leg insides
ANOPLURAN; VECTOR OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER
Cimex spp
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Bed Bugs!
nesting birds, humans, bats
skin
hide in crevices during day, feed @ night; blood suck
Reduviidae
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Assassin/ Kissing bug
piercing mouth for blood suck; allergic rxns
TRANSMIT TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI
