Midterm II - Archaeoentomology [COMPLETE] Flashcards

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Ischnocera: ​Goniodes dissimilis

Identifying features:

  • Head larger than thorax = Chewing louse
  • 2 x claws on the legs = Bird louse
  • Long, filamentous antennae = Ischnocera
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Amblycera: Menopon gallinae

Identifying features:

  • Head larger than thorax = Chewing louse
  • 2 x claws on the legs = Bird louse
  • Short antennae = Amblycera
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Ischnocera: Columbicola columbae

Identifying features:

  • Head larger than thorax = Chewing louse
  • 2 x claws on the legs = Bird louse
  • Long antennae = Ischnocera
  • Long body = Columbicola columbae
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Ischnocera: Felicola subrostratus*

Identifying features:

  • Head larger than thorax = Chewing louse
  • 1 x claws on the legs = Mammal louse
  • Long antennae = Ischnocera
  • “House-shaped” head = Felicola subrostratus
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Nit of Felicola subrostratus

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Ischnocera: Trichodectes canis

Identifying features:

  • Head larger than thorax = Chewing louse
  • 1 x claw on the legs = Mammal louse
  • Long antennae = Ischnocera
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Nit of Trichodectes

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Ischnocera: Bovicola spp. (bovis?)

Identifying features:

  • Head larger than thorax = Chewing louse
  • 1 x claw on the legs = Mammal louse
  • Long antennae = Ischnocera
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Ischnocera: Werneckiella/Damalinia

Identifying features:

  • Head larger than thorax = Chewing louse
  • 1 x claw on the legs = Mammal louse
  • Long antennae = Ischnocera

This genus frequently has legs missing due to their fragility.

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Ischnocera: Haematopinus spp. (Suis?)

Identifying features:

  • Head smaller than thorax = Blood-sucking louse (Anoplura)
  • Long antennae = Ischnocera
  • Similarly-sized legs = Haematopinus spp.
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Linognathus spp.

Identifying features:

  • Head smaller than thorax = Blood-sucking louse (Anoplura)
  • Longitudinal nose & slim 1st pair of legs = Linognathus spp.

(L. vituli, stenopsis, pedalis, ovillus et setosus)

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1st nymph of Haematopinus spp.

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Siphonaptera (fleas): Ctenocephalides canis

Identifying features:

  • Rounded & short head; First genal comb is short = C. canis
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Siphonaptera (fleas): Ctenocephalides felis

Identifying features:

  • Longer head; all genal combs are the same length = C. felis
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Flea larva (with digested blood inside)

Identifying features:

  • Hairs on the body
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Fleas: Life cycle

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Holometamorphosis in the environment

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Lice: Life cycle

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Ø Pupa stage

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Cimex (Bed bug): Life cycle

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Epimorphosis in the environment

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Mosquitos: Life cycle

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Holometamorphosis

  • Larvae develop in stagnant water
  • Egg → Adult with 4 instars
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Horsefly: Life cycle

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Holometamorphosis

  • Carnivorous larvae develop in wet, shady places
  • Egg → Adult with 7-11 larval instars
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Cimex lectularius (Bedbug)

Identifying features:

  • 4-part antennae = Cimex lectularius
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Nematoceran: Psychoidae spp. (Sandflies); ØParasite

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Hairy wings = Psychoidae spp.
  • Short proboscis = ØParasitic
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Nematoceran (general)

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments
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Nematoceran (general)

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments
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Nematoceran: Psychodidae (Sandfly) family; ØParasite

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Hairy wings = Psychoidae spp.
  • Short proboscis = ØParasitic
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Nematoceran: Psychodidae (Sandfly) family; Parasitic

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Hairy wings = Psychoidae spp.
  • Long proboscis = Parasitic
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Nematoceran: Psychodidae (Sandfly) family; Parasitic

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Hairy wings = Psychoidae spp.
  • Long proboscis = Parasitic
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Nematoceran: Ceratopogonidae (Biting midge) family

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Curved wing edge with few veins = Ceratopogonidae
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Nematoceran: Ceratopogonidae (Biting midge) family

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Dark dots on the wings = Ceratopogonidae
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Nematoceran: Ceratopogonidae (Biting midge) family

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Dark dots on the wings = Ceratopogonidae
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Nematoceran: Ceratopogonidae (Biting midge) family

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Dark dots on the wings = Ceratopogonidae
  • Feathered antennae = Male?
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Nematoceran: Ceratopogonidae (Biting midge) family

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Feathered antennae = Male?
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Nematoceran: Culicidae (Mosquito) family; Female

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Long proboscis = Culicidae
  • Light feathering on antennae = Female
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Ceratopogonidae (Biting midge) family: Life cycle

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Holometamorphosis; Larval development in stagnant water

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Nematoceran: Culicidae (Mosquito) family; Male

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Heavy feathering on antennae = Male
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Nematoceran: Culicidae (Mosquito) family; Larva

Anterior end of body

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Nematoceran: Culicidae (Mosquito) family; Larva

Posterior end of body

  • Anal gills
  • Air tube
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Nematoceran: Culicidae (Mosquito) family; Larva

Head

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Nematoceran: Culicidae (Mosquito) family; Larva

Posterior end of body

  • Air tubes
  • Anal gills
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Brachyceran: Tabanidae (Horsefly/Deerfly) family

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: ≤ 3 segments = Brachyceran
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Hippoboscidae (Forest/Louse flies): Melophagus ovinus

Identifying features:

  • No wings
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Cephalopharyngeal skeleton of larva

Calliphoridae family

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2 x Spiracles of Musca species

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Spiracles of a Blowfly species

Identifying features:

  • 3 slits = 3 instars
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2 x Spiracles of a 1st instar Hypoderma spp. larva

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2 x Spiracles of a 2nd instar Hypoderma spp. larva

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Gasterophilus egg (with larva)

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Empty Gasterophilus egg shell (Ø Larva)

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Head of Gasterophilus larva

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Head of a Gasterophilus larva

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2 x Spiracles of a 2nd instar Gasterophilus larva

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2 x Spiracles of a 3rd instar Gasterophilus larva

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Sarcoptes scabiei

Identifying features:

  • Peaks & spines on the dorsum
  • Ambulacra on the ends of legs
  • Unsegmented legs
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Sarcoptes scabiei

Identifying features:

  • Peaks & spines on the dorsum
  • Ambulacra on the ends of legs
  • Unsegmented legs
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Sarcoptes scabiei

Identifying features:

  • Peaks & spines on the dorsum
  • Ambulacra on the ends of legs
  • Unsegmented legs
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Sarcoptes scabiei

Identifying features:

  • Peaks & spines on the dorsum
  • Ambulacra on the ends of legs
  • Unsegmented legs
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Sarcoptes scabiei (After boiling in alkaline)

Species aren’t identified by morphology but by where they were retrieved from

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Notoedres cati

Identifying features:

  • Concentric circles on dorsum
  • “Fingerprint” texture
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Notoedres cati

Identifying features:

  • Concentric circles on dorsum
  • “Fingerprint” texture
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Notoedres cati

Identifying features:

  • Concentric circles on dorsum
  • “Fingerprint” texture
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Knemidokoptes gallinae (Burrowing mite of birds)

Identifying features:

  • A totally round body; only legs protrude
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Knemidokoptes gallinae (Burrowing mite of birds)

Identifying features:

  • A totally round body; only legs protrude
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Psoroptes ovis/cuniculi (Ø Burrowing; Mammals)

Identifying features:

  • 3-segmented pedicle
  • Longer legs with ambulacera
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Psoroptes ovis/cuniculi (Ø Burrowing; Mammals)

Identifying features:

  • 3-segmented pedicle
  • Longer legs with ambulacera
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Psoroptes ovis/cuniculi (Ø Burrowing; Mammals)

Identifying features:

  • 3-segmented pedicle
  • Longer legs with ambulacera
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Psoroptes ovis/cuniculi (Boiled in alkaline)

Identifying features:

  • Longer legs with ambulacera
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Chorioptes bovis

Identifying features:

  • Ambulacrum
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Otodectes cynotis

Identifying features:

  • Ambulacra

CAN’T BE DISTINGUISHED FROM CHORIOPTES

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Otodectes cynotis

Identifying features:

  • Ambulacra

CAN’T BE DISTINGUISHED FROM CHORIOPTES

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Otodectes cynotis

Identifying features:

  • Ambulacra

CAN’T BE DISTINGUISHED FROM CHORIOPTES

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Ptiloxenoides spp. (Ø Burrowing; Birds; Feathers)

Identifying features:

  • Long body shape
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Ptiloxenoides spp. (Ø Burrowing; Birds; Feathers)

Identifying features:

  • Long body shape
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Alphitobius diaperinus

Lesser mealworm

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Musca domestica adult

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Musca domestica pupa

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Tabanidae family

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Fannia cannicularis pupae

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Gasterophilus intestinalis pupae

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Gasterophilus intestinalis pupae

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Hypoderma diana

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Hypoderma diana

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Hypoderma larvae - 2nd instar

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Lucilia sericata adults

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Lucilia sericata pupae

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Wohlfartia

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Argas persicus

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Dermacentor spp.

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Dermacentor spp.

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Method of detecting: Burrowing mites

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Deep skin scrapings

  1. Dip blade into oil
  2. Make skin fold
  3. Scrape skin surface until blood seeps
90
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Method of detecting: Non-burrowing mites

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Superficially scrape detritus from the lesion edge

91
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Method of detecting: Mites in fur

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Use scotch tape/comb on a dark surface

The mites will move around

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Demodex sp. in the hair

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Demodex sp. from a skin scraping

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Demodex sp. from a scraping

Identifying features:

  • Striated hind body
  • 8 legs = Adult
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Demodex sp. from a scraping

Identifying features:

  • Striated hind body
  • 8 legs = Adult
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Demodex sp. egg

Identifying features:

  • Sharp, pointed shape (similar to blood fluke)
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Demodex sp. in a hair follicle

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Demodex sp. in a hair follicle

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Demodex. in a cattle - Nodule

Usually isn’t detected until slaughter

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Demodex sp. in cattle - Nodule

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Cheyletiella sp.

Identifying features:

  • Thickened palps with claws
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Cheyletiella sp.

Identifying features:

  • Thickened palps with claws
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Cheyletiella sp.

Identifying features:

  • Thickened palps with claws
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Cheyletiella sp.

Identifying features:

  • Comb on the end of the leg
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Cheyletiella sp. egg on a hair

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Chigger mite (Trombiculidae)

Identifying features:

  • Bright orange-red colour
  • Hairs on the body
  • Short palps
  • Tiny claws on the tarsus
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Chigger mite (Trombiculidae)

Identifying features:

  • Bright orange-red colour
  • Hairs on the body
  • Short palps
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Red mite of poultry (Dermanyssus sp.)

  • Egg = female
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Chigger mite (Trombiculidae)

Identifying features:

  • Bright orange-red colour
  • Hairs on the body
  • Short palps
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Soft tick larva of bird (Argas sp.)

Identifying features:

  • Long palps
  • Yellow/brown colour
  • Long claws on legs
  • Hairy body surface
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Hard tick (Ixodidae family) - Eggs

Identifying features:

  • They look like coffee beans
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Hard tick (Ixodidae family) - Larva

Identifying features:

  • The larva has 6 legs
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Hard tick (Ixodidae family) - Adult

Identifying features:

  • Shorter palp
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Hard tick (Ixodidae family) - Adult

Identifying features:

  • Shorter palp
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Hard tick (Ixodidae family) - Nymph

Identifying features:

  • Nymph has 8 legs
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Hard tick (Ixodidae family) - Adult [Cross section]

Engorged with blood

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Ischnocera: Columbicola sp.

Identifying features:

  • Head larger than thorax = Chewing louse
  • 2 x claws on the legs = Bird louse
  • Long antennae = Ischnocera
  • Long body = Columbicola
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Pulex sp.

Identifying features:

  • Ø Comb on the head = Pulex sp.
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Flea larva

Identifying features:

  • Presence of hairs = Flea
  • Ø Legs & eyes = Flea
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Flea allergy on dogs

Wet & warm patches on the skin

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Alopecia in a cat w/ miliary dermatitis

Caused by a flea infestation - likely causing pruritis

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Cimex lectularius (Bedbug)

Identifying features:

  • 4-part antennae = Cimex lectularius
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Nematocera: Blackfly (Simulidae sp.) family

Identifying features:

  • > 3 segmented antennae = Nematocera
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Nematocera: Blackfly (Simulidae sp.) family - Cocoon

Identifying features:

  • Slipper-shaped cocoon
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Nematoceran: Psychodidae (Sandfly) family

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Hairy wings = Psychoidae spp.
  • Long proboscis = Parasitic
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Nematoceran: Culicidae (Mosquito) family; Female

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Long proboscis = Culicidae
  • Light feathering on antennae = Female
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Nematoceran: Culicidae (Mosquito) family; Female

Identifying features:

  • Antennae: > 3 segments = Nematoceran
  • Long proboscis = Culicidae
  • Light feathering on antennae = Female
128
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Nematoceran: Culicidae (Mosquito) family; Larvae

Identifying features:

  • Respiratory siphon to the water surface
  • Not all mosquito genera are submerged*
129
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A

Nematoceran: Culicidae (Mosquito) family; Pupa

Identifying features:

  • Pupa are suspended in water from their air trumpets
130
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A

Tabanids (Horseflies)

Identifying features:

  • Left: Mottled wings = Haematopota sp.
  • Right: Clear wings = Tabanus sp.
131
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A

Flesh fly (Sarcophagidae) family; Larvae

Facultative myiasis in the tissue

132
Q
A

Warble fly (Hypodermatinae) subfamily; moulting larvae

Either:

  • H. lineatum
  • H. bovis
133
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A

Warble fly (Hypodermatinae) subfamily; Larvae

The become darker as they mature

134
Q
A

Botfly (Gasterophilinae) subfamily; Eggs & Adult

Identifying features:

  • Honeybee-like body
135
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A

Botfly (Gasterophilinae) subfamily; Larva

Identifying features:

  • Cephalic hooks
  • Spines on the body
136
Q
A

Botfly (Gasterophilinae) subfamily; Larvae

137
Q
A

Sarcoptes scabiei

Identifying features:

  • Peaks & spines on the dorsum
  • Ambulacra on the ends of legs
  • Unsegmented legs
138
Q
A

Sarcoptes scabiei var. suis

139
Q
A

Demodex sp.; Adult

Identifying features:

  • 8 legs = Adult form
  • Striated hind body
  • Elongated body with short legs
140
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A

Demodicosis of cattle; nodule on the skin

141
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A

Demodex sp.; Mites

Located in the nodules in tissue

142
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A

Demodicosis of dog; Red mange

Squamous form - Alopecia & seborrhoea around eye & muzzle

143
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A

Argus spp.

Identifying features:

  • Yellow/brown/grey colour
  • Capitulum on the ventral side
144
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A

Larva of a soft tick

Identifying features:

  • Long palps
  • Long claws on legs
  • Hairy body surface
145
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A

Capitulum of an Ixodid family tick

146
Q
A

Ixodes sp.

147
Q
A

Dermacentor reticularis

148
Q
A

Dermacentor reticularis

149
Q
A

Wohlfahrtia magnifica

Fleshflies

150
Q
A

Musca domestica

Adult

151
Q
A

Argas persicus

Soft ticks of birds

152
Q
A

Haematobia irritans

(Muscoid) Horn fly

153
Q
A

Alphitobius diaperinus

Adult

154
Q
A

Alphitobius diaperinus

Larvae

155
Q
A

Stomoxys calcitrans

Stable flies

156
Q
A

Musca domestica

Pupae

157
Q
A

Hippoboscidae longipennis​

Forest/louse fly

158
Q
A

Flea dirt

159
Q
A

Flea dirt

160
Q
A

Felicola subrostratus

Cat-biting louse

161
Q
A

Melophagus ovinus

Sheep ked

162
Q
A

Cimex lectularius

Bed bug

163
Q
A

Flea faeces & Eggs

164
Q
A

Mosquito larvae

165
Q
A

Knemidocoptes gallinae

166
Q
A

Psoroptes cuniculi

Infection inside the ear of rabbit

167
Q
A

Sarcoptes scabiei var. suis

Infection on ears of swine

168
Q
A

Simulium sp.

Blackfly

169
Q
A

Wohlfahrtia magnifica

Larvae

170
Q
A

Wohlfahrtia magnifica

Adult

171
Q
A

Lucilia sericata

Common green bottle fly

172
Q
A

Stomoxys calcitrans

Stable flies

173
Q
A

Dermacentor reticularis

Adult tick

174
Q
A

Musca domestica

Adult

175
Q
A

Musca autumnalis

176
Q
A

Ixodes ricinus

Castor bean tick

177
Q
A

Tabanus tergestinus

Horse fly

178
Q
A

Gasterophilus sp.

Larvae

179
Q
A

Musca domestica

180
Q
A

Hypoderma sp.

Warble fly larvae

181
Q
A

Oestrus sp.

Larva

182
Q
A

Argas persicus

Soft tick of birds

183
Q
A

Dermacentor reticularis

Tick adult

184
Q
A

Hypoderma diana

Warble fly larvae

185
Q
A

Knemidocoptes sp.

186
Q
A

Gasterophilus intestinalis

Larvae

187
Q
A

Werneckiella equi

188
Q
A

Linognathus setosus

189
Q
A

Pulex irritans

Adult

190
Q
A

Idoxes ricinus

Larva

191
Q
A

Kissing bug (Triatominae)

Transmits Trypanasoma cruzi (Chagas disease)

192
Q
A

Alphitobius diaperinus (Adult)

Lesser mealworm

193
Q
A

Alphitobius diaperinus (Larva)

Lesser mealworm

194
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A

Nematocera: Blackfly (Simulidae sp.) family

Identifying features:

  • > 3 segmented antennae = Nematocera
195
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A

Nematocera: Blackfly (Simulidae sp.) family

Identifying features:

  • > 3 segmented antennae = Nematocera
196
Q
A

Chrysops sp. (Tabanidae)

197
Q
A

Tsetse fly

198
Q
A

Hippoboscidae (Forest/Louse flies): Melophagus ovinus

Identifying features:

  • No wings
199
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A

Hippoboscidae (Forest/Louse flies): Hippobosca equina

Identifying features:

  • Wings are present
200
Q
A

Musca domestica larva

201
Q
A

Fannia canicularis larva

202
Q
A

Musca autumnalis

203
Q
A

Stomoxys calcitrans

Stable fly

204
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A

Stomoxys calcitrans (Stable fly)

Udder/lower leg

205
Q
A

Haematobia irritans (Horn fly)

Back of animal

206
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A

Oestrus ovis

207
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A

A cat with Notoedres/Otodectes infestation

208
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A

A dog with a mite reaction

209
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A

Dermanyssus gallinae (Red mite of poultry)