Dipterans that Produce Myiasis
- Flies
- Overview of Flies
- Dipterans with Biting Mouthparts
- Black Flies
- Sand Flies
- Biting Midges
- Mosquitoes
- Horse Flies and Deer Flies
- Stable Flies
- Horn Flies
- Buffalo Flies
- Tsetse Flies
- Sheep Keds
- Spider Flies/New Forest Flies
- Hippoboscid or Louse Flies
- Dipterans with Nonbiting Mouthparts
- Face Flies
- Head Flies
- Filth-breeding Flies
- Eye Gnats
- Dipterans that Produce Myiasis
- Facultative Myiasis-producing Flies
- Obligatory Myiasis-producing Flies
- Pseudomyiasis
Larval dipterans may develop in the subcutaneous tissues of the skin or organs of many domestic animals, producing a condition known as myiasis. There are two types of myiases based on degree of host dependence. In facultative myiasis, the fly larvae are usually free-living; however, in certain circumstances, these larvae can adapt themselves to a parasitic dependence on a host. In obligatory myiasis, the fly larvae are completely parasitic, ie, they depend on the host to complete the life cycle. Without the host, obligatory parasites will die.
- Flies
- Overview of Flies
- Dipterans with Biting Mouthparts
- Black Flies
- Sand Flies
- Biting Midges
- Mosquitoes
- Horse Flies and Deer Flies
- Stable Flies
- Horn Flies
- Buffalo Flies
- Tsetse Flies
- Sheep Keds
- Spider Flies/New Forest Flies
- Hippoboscid or Louse Flies
- Dipterans with Nonbiting Mouthparts
- Face Flies
- Head Flies
- Filth-breeding Flies
- Eye Gnats
- Dipterans that Produce Myiasis
- Facultative Myiasis-producing Flies
- Obligatory Myiasis-producing Flies
- Pseudomyiasis
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