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Haematophagy by Two Non-biting Muscid Flies and its Relationship to Tabanid Feeding1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. Garcia  and
F. J. Radovsky
R. Garcia
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
F. J. Radovsky
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
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Feeding by a number of non-biting muscid species on blood made available by biting flies is known to occur in the Old World (Hammer, 1941; West, 1951). Species in several genera are involved, but particularly Musca. In North America, Hydrotaea tuberculata Rondani has been observed feeding in association with horse flies and stable flies (Tashiro and Schwardt, 1953). Often in these feeding associations, flies of the non-biting species not only visit abandoned wounds, but also wait near a feeding fly or attempt to feed simultaneously with it.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 94 , Issue 10 , October 1962 , pp. 1110 - 1116
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1962

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