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[[Image:Hydrotaea irritans.jpg|thumb|right|150px|H.irritans female - Copyright Alan Hadley]]
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[[Image:Hydrotaea irritans male.jpg|thumb|right|150px|H.irritans male - Copyright Alan Hadley]]
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*Also known as the 'head fly'
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|name              = Hydrotaea irritans
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|phylum            = [[:Category:Arthropods|Arthropoda]]
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|order              = Diptera
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|family            = Trichodectidae
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Also known as: '''''Sheep headfly
  
*''Hydrotaea irritans'' the main species of veterinary importance
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==Hosts==
 
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Cattle, sheep, and horses. In cattle, it may be associtaed with the transmission of pathogens causing [[Summer Mastitis|summer mastitis]].
*Mainly a problem of sheep
 
**In some areas it is the most numerous fly of cattle and horses
 
 
 
 
 
==Recognition==
 
*Similar to ''Musca spp.''
 
 
 
*Olive green abdomen
 
 
 
*4-7mm in length
 
  
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==Identification==
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''H. irritans'' is morphologically very similar in appearance to [[Musca spp.|''Musca'']], and is of the class [[Insecta]]. The adult flies are 4-7mm in length, have a green thorax and a yellow abdomen.
  
 
==Life Cycle==
 
==Life Cycle==
*Eggs laid in decaying vegetation, faeces and in carrion (in the summer months)
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The female lays eggs in the faeces, or decaying vegetation. Eggs hatch into larvae in the autumn, and begin to mature. However, development is haltered until the following spring. They then undergo pupation, and maturation is complete. Adults emerge in the summer.
  
*Emerging larvae overwinter ([[WikiWords#D|'''diapause''']]) and pupate in spring
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*Adult flies emerge in the summer
 
  
*'''One generation per year'''
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==Pathogenesis==
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[[Category:Nuisance Flies]]
*Cattle
 
**Evidence suggests that they transmit summer mastitis
 
 
 
*Sheep
 
**Cause extreme irritation
 
***Mouthparts rasp the skin to feed on secretions and exudate
 
**Leads to self-inflicted damage
 
***E.g. 'Broken Head'
 
**Secondary bacterial infection may occur
 
**[[Blowfly Strike|Blowfly strike]] may follow
 
 
 
  
[[Category:Nuisance Flies]]
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[[Category:Expert_Review]]
[[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:02, 6 July 2012


Hydrotaea irritans
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Diptera
Family Trichodectidae

Also known as: Sheep headfly

Hosts

Cattle, sheep, and horses. In cattle, it may be associtaed with the transmission of pathogens causing summer mastitis.

Identification

H. irritans is morphologically very similar in appearance to Musca, and is of the class Insecta. The adult flies are 4-7mm in length, have a green thorax and a yellow abdomen.

Life Cycle

The female lays eggs in the faeces, or decaying vegetation. Eggs hatch into larvae in the autumn, and begin to mature. However, development is haltered until the following spring. They then undergo pupation, and maturation is complete. Adults emerge in the summer.


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