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Created page with '*Also known as buffalo gnats *Found worldwide *Attacks a wide variety of hosts, including animals, birds and humans '''Recognition''' *Small flies 2-4mm long *Black colourin…'
*Also known as buffalo gnats
*Found worldwide
*Attacks a wide variety of hosts, including animals, birds and humans
'''Recognition'''
*Small flies 2-4mm long
*Black colouring
*Arched thorax giving a 'hump-backed' appearance
*Short, hairless antennae
*Clear wings
*No hairs or scales on wings
'''Life cycle'''
*Eggs laid on plants or stones under flowing water
*Larvae attach to submerged rocks and pupate
*Conical shaped cocoon
*Adults emerge en masse
*Life cycle takes '''1 month''' to complete
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Most active in the morning and evening on warm, cloudy days
*Cause painful, irritating bites
**Only females suck blood
*Cause anaemia if present in large numbers
*Vectors for disease
**Viruses such as [[Equine Encephalitis Virus|Eastern equine encephalitis]] and vesicular stomatitis
**Parasites such as ''O. volvulus'' of cattle and ''Leucocytozoon'' of avian species
*[[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Protozoa|Protozoal skin infections]]
*Causes [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Flies|skin infections]]
**[[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Onchocerciasis|Onchocerciasis]]
**Involved in [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Cutaneous habronemiasis|cutaneous habronemiasis]]
**Involved in [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Stephanofilariasis|stephanofilariasis]]
'''Control'''
*In warmer climates
**[[Ectoparasiticides|Insecticides]] applied to breeding sites
**Brush cleared to deprive the adult flies of resting sites
**Not needed in temperate climates
[[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Flies]][[Category:Biting_Flies]]
*Found worldwide
*Attacks a wide variety of hosts, including animals, birds and humans
'''Recognition'''
*Small flies 2-4mm long
*Black colouring
*Arched thorax giving a 'hump-backed' appearance
*Short, hairless antennae
*Clear wings
*No hairs or scales on wings
'''Life cycle'''
*Eggs laid on plants or stones under flowing water
*Larvae attach to submerged rocks and pupate
*Conical shaped cocoon
*Adults emerge en masse
*Life cycle takes '''1 month''' to complete
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Most active in the morning and evening on warm, cloudy days
*Cause painful, irritating bites
**Only females suck blood
*Cause anaemia if present in large numbers
*Vectors for disease
**Viruses such as [[Equine Encephalitis Virus|Eastern equine encephalitis]] and vesicular stomatitis
**Parasites such as ''O. volvulus'' of cattle and ''Leucocytozoon'' of avian species
*[[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Protozoa|Protozoal skin infections]]
*Causes [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Flies|skin infections]]
**[[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Onchocerciasis|Onchocerciasis]]
**Involved in [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Cutaneous habronemiasis|cutaneous habronemiasis]]
**Involved in [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Stephanofilariasis|stephanofilariasis]]
'''Control'''
*In warmer climates
**[[Ectoparasiticides|Insecticides]] applied to breeding sites
**Brush cleared to deprive the adult flies of resting sites
**Not needed in temperate climates
[[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Flies]][[Category:Biting_Flies]]