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'''Life Cycle'''
 
'''Life Cycle'''
 
*Eggs laid in rotting manure, hatch and pass through pupal and larval stages before emerging
 
*Eggs laid in rotting manure, hatch and pass through pupal and larval stages before emerging
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*Eggs hatch in 12 hours of being deposited
    
*Life cycle takes 12 days
 
*Life cycle takes 12 days
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**Helminths
 
**Helminths
 
***E.g. Intermediate hosts for ''Habronema'' in horses, some poultry tapeworms, ''Parafiliaria'' and ''Thelazia'' in cattle
 
***E.g. Intermediate hosts for ''Habronema'' in horses, some poultry tapeworms, ''Parafiliaria'' and ''Thelazia'' in cattle
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*Feeds on secretions from the eyes, nose and mouth as well as blood left in wounds by other flies
    
'''Control'''
 
'''Control'''
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*Olive green abdomen
 
*Olive green abdomen
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*4-7mm in length
    
'''Life Cycle'''
 
'''Life Cycle'''
 
*Eggs laid in decaying vegetation, faeces and in carrion (in the summer months)
 
*Eggs laid in decaying vegetation, faeces and in carrion (in the summer months)
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*Emerging larvae overwinter and pupate in spring
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*Emerging larvae overwinter ('''diapause''') and pupate in spring
    
*Adult flies emerge in the summer
 
*Adult flies emerge in the summer
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