Difference between revisions of "Glossinidae"
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Revision as of 20:41, 15 July 2010
| Also known as: | TseTse flies |
- Only found in Africa
Recognition
- 6-13mm long
- Prominent forward pointing proboscis
- Green thorax
- Yellow/brown abdomen
- Specific wing venation
- Closed cell 'butchers cleaver' shape
Life cycle
- Single larvae laid in shrubs
- Larvae wriggles into the soil to pupate
- Adult fly emerges 1 month later
- Life cycle take 2 months to complete
Pathogenesis
- Painful, irritating bites
- Both males and females suck blood
- Transmit trypanosomes
- Cause 'nagana' (wasting) disease in cattle and 'sleeping sickness' in humans
Control
- Scrub clearance to remove resting sites
- Ground and aerial spraying with insecticides
- Localised eradication using baited traps
- Dark coloured cloth
- Synthetic cattle urine
- Insecticide
- Sterile male insect release