Mating Habits of the Stable Fly1

Harris, Robert L.; Frazar, E. D.; Grossman, P. D.; Graham, O. H.

doi:10.1093/jee/59.3.634

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“…Possibly, some portion of newly emerged adults immediately dispersed despite proximity to oviposition and resting sites, hosts, and mates. Or, females capable of exhibiting choice of oviposition substrate through chemostimuli (Romero et al 2006, Jeanbourquin andGuerin 2007a) may have dispersed to locate more suitable oviposition sites, whereas male stable ßies, which can mate at least nine times, may have dispersed to locate receptive females, which probably mate only once (Harris et al 1966). Alternatively, additional, unidentiÞed emergence sites supporting larger immature populations but lacking any of these elements necessitated adult dispersal, which was detected by traps placed next to pastured cattle or on the peninsula.…”

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Stable Fly Phenology in a Mixed Agricultural-Wildlife Ecosystem in Northeast Montana

Friesen

Johnson

2013

Environ Entomol

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The stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), is a cosmopolitan species of blood-feeding Muscidae and an important pest of cattle. Although the cattle industry is the largest commodity in Montana, no research has been conducted on the abundance, distribution, or impact of stable flies in the state. Observations of stable flies attacking West Nile virus (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, WNV) -infected pelicans on a refuge in close proximity to pastured and confined cattle provided an opportunity to describe stable fly phenology in a mixed agricultural-wildlife ecosystem. Coroplast cards used to monitor and compare adult populations in three habitats (peninsula, pasture, confinement lot) located within 1.5-4.5 km of each other revealed that temporal dynamics differed by site. Adult abundance was generally lowest at the confinement lot, the only location where larval development was identified. Stable flies were collected on all traps placed in pasture, with traps adjacent to pastured cattle consistently collecting the most. Adults also were collected on the peninsula supporting the pelicans' nesting site, but whether the potential hosts or physical landscape served as an attractant is unclear. At all three sites, data indicated that overwintering was not successful and that a transition occurred from early season immigrating adults that used suitable local larval development substrates to subsequent autochthonous populations.

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Stable Fly Phenology in a Mixed Agricultural-Wildlife Ecosystem in Northeast Montana

Friesen

Johnson

2013

Environ Entomol

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“…The data of Harris et al (1966) showed that a few male and female stable flies mated as early as 2 days after emergence; most had mated by the fifth day. The female stable fly was reported to mate only once, but the male mated as many as 9 females.…”

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“…A photographic analysis of house fly courtship by (Parr, 1962;Kill ough and McKinstry, 1965;Harris et al . , 1966;Muhammed, 1975; Anderson, 1978).…”

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The role of semiochemicals in the behavior of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans (L.), (Diptera: Muscidae) / by Herbert Thomas Bolton.

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1980

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“…Alternate control methods are feasible, in particular the use of genetic control methods, as evidenced by a successful integrated effort involving sterile males on the island of St. Croix (R. S. PATTERSON, personal communication). Low population growth (ZUMPT 1973 ), monogamy in females (HARRIS et al 1966 ), locally restricted breeding habitats and the availability of mass rearing techniques (BAILEY et al 1975) makeS. calcitrans amenable to genetic control strategies.…”

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