. Sanitary entomology; the entomology of disease, hygiene and sanitation. male, side view, engorged with blood. Greatlyenlarged. (After Bishopp.) From U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers Bull. 540, , 2, 5. necessary to give a full discussion in this lecture. It generally breeds inmoist straw and hay. Stacked straw which has been wet and partlyrotted and hence is no longer available for stock food is a very favorableplace for the fly to breed. Such straw should be dried as soon as possibleby scattering, and then either be burned or plowed under. The stablefly does not often develop in manure, but w
. Sanitary entomology; the entomology of disease, hygiene and sanitation. male, side view, engorged with blood. Greatlyenlarged. (After Bishopp.) From U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers Bull. 540, , 2, 5. necessary to give a full discussion in this lecture. It generally breeds inmoist straw and hay. Stacked straw which has been wet and partlyrotted and hence is no longer available for stock food is a very favorableplace for the fly to breed. Such straw should be dried as soon as possibleby scattering, and then either be burned or plowed under. The stablefly does not often develop in manure, but where it does it may be con-trolled by measures taken against the house fly. This species is veryannoying to mules, horses, and cattle and often to man. Horses and mulesoften become frantic in their efforts to escape the flies. As much care should be taken to prevent the breeding of the stablefly as the house fly. They are carriers of entirely different series ofdiseases and both are dangerous. Especial care must be observed to BIOLOGICAL NOTES ON BLOODSUCKING FLIES 231. nH ^
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