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|name              = ''Haematobia irritans
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|phylum            = [[:Category:Arthropods|Arthropoda]]
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|family            = Muscidae
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|species            = ''H. irritans
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[[Image:Haematobia irritans.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Haematobia irritans'' - Scott Bauer Wikimedia Commons]]
 
[[Image:Haematobia irritans.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Haematobia irritans'' - Scott Bauer Wikimedia Commons]]
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Also known as: '''''Horn fly — Lyperosia irritans
  
==Introduction==
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==Hosts==
Also known as:
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Cattle
  
'''Horn fly'''
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==Identification==
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''H. irritans'' is of the class [[Insecta|insecta]].  Adults are between 3-4mm in length, and are grey with black stripes on the thorax. The larvae are yellow.
  
*'''Resident''' biting fly
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==Life Cycle==
**Spends most of its time '''on''' the host along the back, shoulders and sides
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The flies remain on the host, for most of their life cycle, leaving only to lay their eggs on other hosts - spreading the infection. The eggs hatch quickly, and mature on the cattle, mostly along the back, shoulders and sides.
  
*Mainly resides on cattle
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The complete life cycle takes around a 1 week.
  
*Feed on areas where the skin is thin e.g. dewlap, belly and udder
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*Common in southern England, the USA, Europe and Australia
 
  
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'''Recognition'''
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*Similar to the stable fly
 
  
*Smaller at 4-7mm long
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[[Category:Biting_Flies]]
 
 
 
 
==Life cycle==
 
*Eggs laid in fresh cattle dung
 
 
 
*Larvae burrow into dung and pupate
 
  
*Life cycle takes '''1 week'''
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[[Category:Expert_Review - Parasites]]
 
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[[Category:Cattle Parasites]]
 
 
==Pathogenesis==
 
*Production losses
 
**Annoyance
 
**Bites can lead to secondary infection by [[Myiasis Producing Flies|myiasis producing flies]] and other muscid species
 
 
 
*Disease transmission
 
**Pathogenic bacteria and viruses via mechanical transmission
 
**Helminths can be introduced into the host
 
***E.g. ''Stephanofiliaria'' a filarial nemadode found in the skin of cattle overseas
 
 
 
==Control==
 
*Resident fly so easier to control than visiting flies as spends more time in contact with the host
 
 
 
*However, [[Ectoparasiticides|insecticide]] resistance can occur quicker
 
 
 
[[Category:Biting_Flies]]
 

Latest revision as of 22:00, 2 August 2012


Haematobia irritans
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Diptera
Family Muscidae
Genus Haematobia
Species H. irritans
Haematobia irritans - Scott Bauer Wikimedia Commons

Also known as: Horn fly — Lyperosia irritans

Hosts

Cattle

Identification

H. irritans is of the class insecta. Adults are between 3-4mm in length, and are grey with black stripes on the thorax. The larvae are yellow.

Life Cycle

The flies remain on the host, for most of their life cycle, leaving only to lay their eggs on other hosts - spreading the infection. The eggs hatch quickly, and mature on the cattle, mostly along the back, shoulders and sides.

The complete life cycle takes around a 1 week.


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