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[[Image:Aedes aegypti.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Aeges aegypti'' - Wikimedia Commons]]
*Also known as mosquitoes
*Found worldwide
*Attack a wide variety of animals including humans
*The most important species of veterinary importance are
**''Culex''
**''Aedes''
**''Anopheles''
'''Recognition'''
*Small flies 2-10mm long
*Forward pointing proboscis
*Slender body and long legs
*Narrow wings
*Veins and rear margins of wings fringed with scales
'''Life cycle'''
*Eggs laid on water
**Either laid singly or in rafts
*Larval and pupal stages are aquatic
**Visible hanging from the water surface
*Life cycle takes '''2 weeks to several months''' to complete
**Temperature dependent
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Most active at night
*Painful, irritating bites
**Only females suck blood
*Transmit human diseases
**Viruses such as dengue fever, encephalitis and yellow fever
**Parasites such as malaria caused by ''Plasmodium'' and filarial nematodes which cause elephantosis (''Wuchereria and Brugia'')
*Transmit animal diseases
**Viruses such as arbovirus which causes [[Equine Encephalitis Virus|equine encephalitis]] and [[Myxomatosis|rabbit myxomatosis]]
**Parasites such as the [[Dirofilaria immitis|canine heartworm]], ''Dirofilaria immitis'' and avian malaria caused by ''Plasmodium''
'''Control'''
*Destroy breeding sites by drainage and removal of objects which collect water
*Repeat applications of [[Ectoparasiticides|insecticides]]
**Synthetic pyrethroids sprayed from helicopters
**Mineral oils applied to breeding sites
*Education
*Future control methods being developed, such as genetic engineering and biological control methods
[[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Flies]][[Category:Biting_Flies]]
*Also known as mosquitoes
*Found worldwide
*Attack a wide variety of animals including humans
*The most important species of veterinary importance are
**''Culex''
**''Aedes''
**''Anopheles''
'''Recognition'''
*Small flies 2-10mm long
*Forward pointing proboscis
*Slender body and long legs
*Narrow wings
*Veins and rear margins of wings fringed with scales
'''Life cycle'''
*Eggs laid on water
**Either laid singly or in rafts
*Larval and pupal stages are aquatic
**Visible hanging from the water surface
*Life cycle takes '''2 weeks to several months''' to complete
**Temperature dependent
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Most active at night
*Painful, irritating bites
**Only females suck blood
*Transmit human diseases
**Viruses such as dengue fever, encephalitis and yellow fever
**Parasites such as malaria caused by ''Plasmodium'' and filarial nematodes which cause elephantosis (''Wuchereria and Brugia'')
*Transmit animal diseases
**Viruses such as arbovirus which causes [[Equine Encephalitis Virus|equine encephalitis]] and [[Myxomatosis|rabbit myxomatosis]]
**Parasites such as the [[Dirofilaria immitis|canine heartworm]], ''Dirofilaria immitis'' and avian malaria caused by ''Plasmodium''
'''Control'''
*Destroy breeding sites by drainage and removal of objects which collect water
*Repeat applications of [[Ectoparasiticides|insecticides]]
**Synthetic pyrethroids sprayed from helicopters
**Mineral oils applied to breeding sites
*Education
*Future control methods being developed, such as genetic engineering and biological control methods
[[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Flies]][[Category:Biting_Flies]]