Dipterans with Biting Mouthparts
- 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
Blood-feeding dipterans can be classified based on which sexes feed on vertebrate blood and on food preference. In certain species of dipterans, only the females feed on vertebrate blood, which is required for egg laying; these species include black flies, sand flies, biting midges, mosquitoes, horse flies, and deer flies. In other species of blood-feeding dipterans, both male and female flies feed on vertebrate blood; these species include stable flies, horn flies, buffalo flies, tsetse flies, sheep keds, and hippoboscid or louse flies.
- 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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