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*'''''Visiting'''''
 
||[[Biting Flies#Stomoxys calcitrans|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
||[[Biting Flies#Stomoxys calcitrans|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are the main recognisable features of ''Stomoxys calcitrans''?'''
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*'''''Forward pointing proboscis'''''
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*'''''Grey colouring'''''
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*'''''Grey stripes on thorax and black spots on abdomen'''''
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*'''''Clear wings'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Stomoxys calcitrans|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How do ''Stomoxys calcitrans'' cause production losses?'''
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*'''''Decrease milk production'''''
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*'''''Decrease weight gain'''''
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*'''''Cause fly worry'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Stomoxys calcitrans|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Which retrovirus are ''Stomoxys calcitrans'' vectors for?'''
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*'''''Equine infectious anaemia'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Stomoxys calcitrans|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is ''Haematoba irritans'' more commonly known as?'''
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*'''''The horn fly'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Haematoba irritans|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Why is ''Haematoba irritans'' easier to control than visiting biting flies?'''
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*'''''Is a resident fly'''''
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*'''''Spends more time in contact with the host'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Haematoba irritans|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are the three most important species of ''Tabanidae''?'''
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*'''''Tabanus'''''
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*'''''Chrysops'''''
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*'''''Haematopota'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Tabanidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How could you identify ''Tabanidae'' species solely on looking at their wing venation?'''
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*'''''Closed discal cell wing venation'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Tabanidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Why do ''Simuliidae'' species have a hump-backed appearance?'''
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*'''''Arched thorax produced a hump-backed appearance'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Simuliidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Why is the life cycle of ''Simuliidae'' species?'''
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*'''''Eggs laid on plants or stones under flowing water'''''
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*'''''Larvae attach to submerged rocks and pupate'''''
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*'''''Conical shaped cocoon'''''
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*'''''Adults emerge en masse'''''
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*'''''Life cycle takes one month to complete'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Simuliidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are ''Glossinidae'' species more commonly known as and which trypanosomal disease do they cause in humans?'''
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*'''''Tsetse flies'''''
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*'''''Sleeping sickness'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Glossinidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Why are ''Ceratopogonidae'' species a problem to livestock'''
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*'''''Causes sweet-itch in horses'''''
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*'''''Are vectors for blue tongue'''''
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*'''''Vectors for parasites such as Onchocerca in cattle'''''
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*'''''Cause skin infections in livestock'''''
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||[[Biting Flies#Ceratopogonidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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==<font color="purple">Myiasis Producing Flies</font>==
 
==<font color="purple">Myiasis Producing Flies</font>==
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