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Larviposition by nasopharyngeal bot fly parasites of Columbian black‐tailed deer: a correction
Author(s) -
Anderson J. R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1046/j.0269-283x.2001.00332.x
Subject(s) - biology , muzzle , zoology , larva , insect , ecology , archaeology , history , barrel (horology)
Abstract. Previous reports of Cephenemyia jellisoni Townsend (Diptera: Oestridae) larvipositing onto the lips/lower muzzle of deer, with larvae invading via the mouth, are shown to be erroneous. Additional studies with deer models baited with CO 2 , 1‐octen‐3‐ol and Deer Trail Scent, and muzzle and nostrils treated with insect adhesive, revealed that only C . apicata Bennett & Sabrosky larviposited onto the lips/lower muzzle; C . jellisoni , by contrast, larviposited into the nostrils. Larval depositions were associated with females of both species observed attacking models. Females of both species also were found stuck on adhesive‐treated, baited models not attended by observers. During several seasons of exposure, such models received 89 C . jellisoni larvipositions into the nostrils and 87 C . apicata larvipositions onto the lips/lower muzzle. In laboratory experiments nearly all larvae of both species remained stuck in adhesive within 1 mm or less of where they were deposited.