PPT.1 Flashcards
house fly
Musca domestica
face fly
Musca autumnalis
stable fly, biting house fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
horn fly
Haematobia irritans
what is used for Identification of Diptera (flies)
size of fly
mouthparts
location on animal or host
location of eggs
Life cycle of Diptera
E-L-P-A ( Egg-Larvae(3)-Puparium-adult)
Musca domestica hosts?
domestic animals and humans
what insect is this? adults 5.5-7.5mm light to dark grey sticky hairs on pads of legs mouthparts fleshy adapted to sponging
Musca domestica
face fly
Musca autumnalis
eggs laid in feces or rotting organic material
Musca autumnalis
site of infestation: animal secretions and wounds
Musca autumnalis
pathogenesis and lesions:
annoyance
mechanical vector of viruses, bacteria, helminths, protozoa
biological vector of habronema and draschia megastoma
musca autumnalis
clinical signs:
annoyance can interfere with grazing
annoyance can result in a drop in performance
can result in eye disorders or conjunctivitis
Musca autumnalis
stable fly, biting house fly
stomoxys calcitrans
hosts: most animals and humans
stomoxys calcitrans
adults 5.5-7.5mm
mouthparts rigid, conspicuous and forward projecting
sits on walls head up
stomoxys calcitrans
life cycle:
feeds on blood
require 3 minutes to finish its blood meal
females lay eggs on decaying matter such as damp hay
stomoxys calcitrans
pathogenesis and lesions:
attack animals, transmit disease organisms
stomoxys calcitrans
Clinical signs:
increased head and ear movement
skin twitches and tail swishes
stomoxys calcitrans
treatment and prevention: screens sanitation; reduce breeding sites various insecticides treat horse and environment Do not treat compost
stomoxys calcitrans
musca autumnalis
horn fly
Haematobia irritans
host: cattle identification: adults 4mm smallest of bloodsucking muscids distinguish from stable fly being 1/2 size and shorter proboscis
Haematobia irritans
Life cycle: remain on host except when females lay eggs in fresh feces
overwinter( diapause, pupa)
Haematobia irritans
site of infestation:
back in swarm
abdomen when raining
cluster around horns when not feeding
Haematobia irritans
Pathogenesis,lesions,clinical signs: feed in thousands causes intense irritation impair milk production and weight gains transmit cattle helminths more than 200 flies leads to economic losses
Haematobia irritans
Treatment and prevention:
apply to host since fly remains on host most of time
insecticide resistance
Haematobia irritans
family ceratopogonidae
Culicoides
family muscidae
Musca domestica
Musca autumnalis
Stomoxys calcitrans
Haematobia irritans
only females take blood meals
culicoides
biting midges, “no-see-ums”
culicoides
hosts: all domestic animals and humans id: 1.5-5.0mm long mottled wings, short piercing proboscis, antenna long and slender
Culicoides
site of infestation: general
pathogenesis and lesions:
annoyance
transmits protozoa, helminths(onchocerca) and viruses
culicoides
Clinical signs:
pain inflicted outweighs size of fly
allergic reaction in some horses
culicoides
diagnosis: fly identification treatment and prevention: decrease standing water avoid marshy pastures treat horses: repellents, insecticides
culicoides
What do all adult flies have in common?
nuisance
where do the larvae of stomoxys calcitrans develop?
damp hay or similar decaying organic matter
where does Haematobia irritans lay its eggs?
fresh cattle manure
(Diptera) Insects that belong to family Tabanidae ?
Tabanus
Chrysops
horse fly
Tabanus
hosts:
large domestic or wild animals, humans, small mammals, birds
Tabanus
Identification:
stout bodied fly 10-25mm
Mouthparts slashing and sponging
Tabanus
What fly has a very painful bite where they cut a wound first and then sponge the blood?
Tabanus
what insect is this? pathogenesis and lesions: painful bites efficient mechanical vectors of several diseases clinical signs: annoyance
Tabanus
Deer fly
Chrysops
identification: dark bands across wings elongate antennae bite horses in shaded areas horses will stand in sun to avoid all other aspects like tabanus spp : {stout bodies fly 10-25mm mouthparts slashing and sponging}
Chrysops
what is the difference between the horse fly and deer fly when it comes to Identification?
( chrysops)deer flies have dark bands across wing and they bite horses in shaded areas while (tabanus)horse fly doesn’t.
Diagnosis:
which of the tabanids prefer the shade?
Chrysops
Treatment and prevention:
cannot control via breeding sites because diffuse and difficult to detect
control in housing and on animals( repellents, insecticides)
Tabanids:
Tabanus(horse fly)
chrysops (deer fly)
Diptera(fly) that belongs to family Hippoboscidae?
Melophagus ovinus
host: sheep Identification: Flattened, hairy wingless dipteran blood sucking mouthparts site of infestation: wool
Melophagus ovinus
Life cycle:
female produces one egg which hatches inside her body
Melophagus ovinus
Life cycle: Third instar adheres to fleece. immobile instars pupate(3-4mm) and visible on fleece adults emerge in 3wk in summer, longer in winter ( approx. 6wks) (whole life cycle on host)
Melophagus ovinus
The infestation of living animals with larvae of dipteran flies
Myiasis
(Myiasis)
Facultative
optional ( calliphorids)
(Myiasis)
Obligatory
Can not survive without host ( oestrids)
another name for cutaneous myiasis?
” fly strike”
maggots causing fly strike belong to which family?
Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae
Fly strike is caused by the larvae or adults?
LARVAE