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Overview of Flies

Dipterans with Biting Mouthparts

Horse Flies and Deer Flies

Spider Flies/New Forest Flies

Hippoboscid or Louse Flies

Dipterans with Nonbiting Mouthparts

Dipterans that Produce Myiasis

Facultative Myiasis-producing Flies

Obligatory Myiasis-producing Flies

Pseudomyiasis

ADDITIONAL CONTENT

Urticaria is an acute immune response to a foreign substance. Which of the following is NOT a common cause of urticaria in animals?

Ingestion of an allergen
Injection of a vaccine
Insect bite
Skin contact with an allergen

Dipterans with Nonbiting Mouthparts

By

Charles M. Hendrix

, DVM, PhD, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University

Last full review/revision Aug 2013 | Content last modified Aug 2013

Nonbiting dipterans include face flies, head flies, filth-breeding flies, and eye gnats.

Hippoboscid or Louse Flies

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Face Flies

Filth-breeding Flies

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