Flies

Front 1

Simulium sp.

Back 1

Black flies or buffalo gnats, found where clean water is moving or in a healthy environment, very tiny.

Front 2

culicoides sp.

Back 2

No seeums, punkies and sand flies; most active at dusk and dawn, painful bite, very tiny, found on dorsal and ventral areas of the host, horses are allergic, cause Queensland itch sweat itch and sweet itch, bluetongue virus of sheep

Front 3

Anopheles, Aedes and Culex sp.

Back 3

Mosquito; vector for heartworm, malaria, yellow fever, elephantitis, West Nile, eastern and western equine encephalitis; found in areas of stagnant water, only females are parasitic

Front 4

Chroysops sp.

Back 4

Deer flies, painful bite that cause bleeding sores, feed around navel legs neck and withers, vector for EIA or swamp fever, no vaccine, Coggins test

Front 5

Tabanus sp.

Back 5

Horse flies, same as deer flies

Front 6

Stomoxys calcitrans

Back 6

Stable fly, size of common housefly, painful bite, prefers horses, worldwide, vector for anthrax and EIA

Front 7

Haematobia irritans

Back 7

horn fly, half the size is stable fly, long sharp proboscis, found in cattle in North America, causes most economic losses and US cattle, vector for Stephanofilaria stilesi

Front 8

Melophagus Ovinus

Back 8

Found on sheep, called sheep ked, no wings, small louse like flies, sticky eggs, stains wool, thrive in cold

Front 9

Musca autumnalis

Back 9

Face fly, pink eye in cattle, looks similar to house fly, larval flies are parasites

Front 10

Musca domestica

Back 10

Common housefly, can cause potentially fatal bacterial infections

Front 11

Calliphora, Phaenicia, Lucilla and Phormia sp.

Back 11

blow flies and bottle flies, same problems as house flies

Front 12

Cochliomyia hominivorax

Back 12

screw worm, livestock fly in SW US, must be reported to govt, eradicated in US but can be imported, long maggots

Front 13

Cuterebra sp.

Back 13

wolf fly, small mammals, larva can cause anaphylaxis, large swelling with breathing hole, maggots may have spikes

Front 14

Hypoderma

Back 14

Cooks warblers for cattle grubs, heel flies, look like honey bees, infest cattle, can cause anaphylaxis, damage leather