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Insects Flashcards

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Musca domestica
host?
site?
buzz words?

A

house fly
domestic animals and humans
anywhere on body
sponging mouth, vector for draschia + habronema

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Musca autumnalis
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Face fly
domestic animals
wounds, secretions, eyes of cattle
ROTTING material egg lay; ANNOYING

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Stomoxys calcitrans
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Stable Fly
domestic animals and humans
anywhere on body
feeds on blood; damp hay egg lay; HEAD UP ON WALLS

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Haematobia irritans
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Horn fly
cattle
back to feed, horns to rest, stomach when raining
FRESH FECES egg lay

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Culicoides spp.
host?
site?
buzz words?

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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

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Melophagus ovinus
host?
site?
buzz words?

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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

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Tabanus spp.
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Horse fly
domestic, birds, humans
anywhere on body
HUGE; slashing mouth; suck blood; painful bites

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Chrysops spp.
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Deer fly
horses ??
bite in shaded areas, horses stand in sun to avoid
longer antennae than Tabanus

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Cuterebra spp.
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Rodent/ rabbit/ new world skin bot fly
rodents, rabbits, humans
larvae migrate under skin
lump in neck of cat/dog

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Hypoderma lineatum
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Warble fly, heel fly
cattle
eggs on legs, larvae in esophagus–>back
“butcher’s jelly”

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Hypoderma bovis
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Warble fly, heel fly
cattle
eggs on legs, larvae in spinal cord
“butcher’s jelly”

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Oestrus ovis
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Sheep nasal bot fly
sheep, goats
nasal sinus
copious nasal discharge

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Gasterophilus spp
host?
site?
buzz words?

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“bot fly larvae”
??? horses?
non-gland stomach, cardiac sphincter / pylorus + duodenum
FLY WORRYYYY

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Cochliomyia hominivorax
host?
site?
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Blow fly / screwworm
livestock
eggs laid FRESH lesions (creates foul smell)
blue body/orange eyes; REPORTABLE; Fly strike; 70% alcohol

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Sarcophagidae
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Flesh fly
any animal
decomposing/ necrotic tissue (L1 laid)
L3 overwinters; Tx wound immediately

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Ctenocephalides felis
host?
site?
buzz words?

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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

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Ctenocephalides canis
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Dog flea
dogs, cat,s rats, rabbits, humans
similar to C. felis
RARE

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Echidnophaga gallinacean
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Sticktight flea
domestic and wild fowl
head, comb, wattles, eyes
*DISTINCTIVE blunt head; *irritation, anemia

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Trichodectes canis
host?
site?
buzz words?

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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

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Felicola subrostratus
host?
site?
buzz words?

A

Cat biting louse
cats
ears, head, neck, tail
old/ill/long haired targets; POINTED, TRIANGULAR HEAD; ISCHNOCERCAN

21
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Damalinia bovis
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Cattle biting louse
cattle
head, neck, shoulders, rump/tail
WINTER= FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; chronic dermatitis; ISCHNOCERCAN

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Damalinia ovis
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Sheep biting louse
sheep, goats
wool, whole body
MOST PATH OF SHEEP LICE; damaged fleece=> attracts blow flies; ISCHNOCERCAN

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Avian lice
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Biting chewing lice
domestic and wild fowl
on feathers
plucking, scratching, inappetence; ECONOMIC LOSSES; ISCHNOCERCAN

24
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Linognathus setosus
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Dog sucking louse
dogs
skin
SUCKING MOUTH => ANEMIA; ANOPLURAN

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Linognathus vituli
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Long nosed cattle louse
cattle
neck, head, dewlap
lives in groups; pruritis, anemia, weakness; ANOPLURAN

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Linognathus pedalis
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Ovine foot louse
sheep, goats
*lower region of hind limbs, scrotum, belly
anemia; ANOPLURAN

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Linognathus ovilus
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Ovine face or body louse
sheep, goats
*face, ears, cheeks, neck, body of heavy wool breeds
anemia; ANOPLURAN

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Solenopotes capillatus
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Little Blue cattle louse / sucking louse
cattle
neck, head, shoulders, dewlap, back, tail
smallest ANOPLURAN louse on cattle

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Haematopinus eurysternus
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Short nosed cattle louse
cattle
head, ears, eyes, nostrils
anemia! ANOPLURAN; MOST IMPORTANT CATTLE LOUSE

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Haematopinus suis
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Swine sucking louse
pigs
skin folds of neck, flanks, leg insides
ANOPLURAN; VECTOR OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER

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Cimex spp
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Bed Bugs!
nesting birds, humans, bats
skin
hide in crevices during day, feed @ night; blood suck

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Reduviidae
host?
site?
buzz words?

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Assassin/ Kissing bug
piercing mouth for blood suck; allergic rxns
TRANSMIT TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI

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