Morphology

MORPHOLOGY - SHEEP NASAL FLIES
  • Dark grey coloured hairy fly

 Head

  • Arista bare
  • Mouth parts vestigial in adults
  • Muscid type wing venation

Thorax

  • Tarry spots are seen on the thorax

Oestrus ovis

Abdomen

  • Few black coloured spots are also seen on the abdomen
  • The adult stages are non parasitic while the larval stages are seen in the nasal cavity and other sinuses of sheep/sometimes in goats and man as well

Oestrus ovis adult

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