Dragonflies as Predatory Enemies of the Stable-Fly (Stomoxys Calcitrans)

Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), Dispersal and Governing Factors

Although the movement of stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), has been studied, its extent and significance has been uncertain. On a local scale (<13 km), fly movement occurs between host animals and resting sites to feed and mate, mainly at on-farm locations where herbivorous livestock regularly congregate. Small numbers emigrate from livestock congregation sites in search of other hosts and ...

A Study of the Trypsinlike Protease of the Adult Stable Fly, Stomoxys Calcitrans (L.)

Chemostimuli implicated in selection of oviposition substrates by the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans.

Horse and cow dung were tested as substrates for oviposition by the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans (L) (Diptera: Muscidae) in laboratory cages. Odour alone from either horse or cow dung was sufficient to attract flies for oviposition. This was confirmed in wind tunnel experiments, where both horse and cow dung were shown to attract gravid stable flies. However, when S. calcitrans was offered a ...

Sensory and behavioural responses of the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans to rumen volatiles.

Analysis of volatiles from rumen digesta by gas chromatography linked antennogram recordings from Stomoxys calcitrans (L) (Diptera: Muscidae) antennal receptor cells revealed about 30 electrophysiologically active constituents, the most important of which is dimethyl trisulphide with a sensory threshold in the femtogram range. The behavioural responses of S. calcitrans to five chemostimulants (...

Sensory Morphology and Chemical Ecology of the Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans: Host-Seeking and Ovipositional Selection

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