by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 25, 2014
SIMULIIDAE (Figure 5-48) The Simulidae, black flies, are small flies whose females require a blood meal for egg production (Fig. 5-48). These flies are found throughout the world, but they are more common in the cooler climates of the world. Larval development occurs...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 25, 2014
PSYCHODIDAE (Figure 5-47) The Psychodidae is composed of two groups of flies the Psychodinae and the Phlebotominae. The Psychodidae is a group of free-living flies that are nuisance pests that develop in dirty water such as that found areound sewage treatment plants,...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 25, 2014
CERATOPOGONIDAE (Figure 5-46) This group is also known by the common name of biting gnats or sand flys. The bite of the fly produces a lesion with a wheal that may be 1 to 2 cm in diameter. These flies have mouthparts that unlike the mosquito tear a small hole in the...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 25, 2014
CULICIDAE (Mosquitoes) (Figure 5-44 and 5-45) Mosquitoes are well known pests of humans and animals (Fig. 5-44). This group is divided into three subfamilies, the Culicinae, the Anophelinae, and the Toxorhynchitinae. Only the Culicinae and the Anophelinae are...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 25, 2014
NEMATOCERA The Nematocera (nemato = thread and cera = horns; referring to the long, segmented antenae that are typical of this order) represent a group of flies that are important, for the most part, in feline medicine as the vectors of disease. These flies tend to be...
