Lucilia cuprina

Hughes, P.B. and G.W. Levot. 1987. Simulation of fly-waves to assess the ability of diflubenzuron to protect sheep against flystrike by Lucilia cuprina. Veterin. Parasitol. 24 275-284. 

Blowfly maggots that infest or blow the wool of sheep are especially common in warm humid areas, but occur wherever sheep are raised. Several species are involved, but the most troublesome species in Africa is Lucilia cuprina. The flies are attracted either to open wounds or to fermenting wool, the latter a condition that arises when sheep in full fleece are subjected to frequent rains during warm weather. While Lucilia cuprina apparently confines its attack mostly to the wool and the serous fluid that exudes from the skin of infested sheep, some of the associated species may attack the skin and flesh with serious or fatal result. Lucilia sericata has been observed to penetrate the abdominal wall and enter the peritoneal cavity. 

Newcomb R. D., Campbell P. M., Russell R. J. and Oakeshott J. G. (1997) cDNAcloning, baculovirus-expression and kinetic properties of the esterase, E3, involved in organophosphorus resistance in Lucilia cuprina. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 27, 15— 25. 

In the screw-worm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax), courtship is generally very brief as a result, bioassays are generally based on male copulation levels (Hammack, 1986). Some CHCs show different levels between the sexes and are thought to be involved in courtship and mating (Pomonis, 1989). Similarly, in Lucilia cuprina, CHCs are thought to play a role in sexual behavior, but decisive evidence has yet to be produced (Emmens, 1981). 

Emmens, R.L. (1981). Evidence for an attractant in cuticular lipids of female Lucilia cuprina (Wied), Australian sheep blowfly. J. Chem. Ecol., 7, 529-541. 

Sheep blowfly (Lucilia cuprina, L. sericata) attractant sheep blowfly strike horrible in Australia Mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus C. tarsalis) responses Mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus C. tarsalis) responses Sphecid wasp (Philanthus spp.) male territory marker, female attractant Bee (Panurgas banksianus) male attractant... 

Campbell, P.M., Newcomb, R.D., Russell, R.J., and Oakeshott, J.G., Two different amino acid substitutions in the ali-esterase, E3, confer alterative types of organophosphorus insecticide resistance in the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina, Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol., 28,139,1998. 

Deltamethrin (synthetic pyrethroid) is available as a prepared solution for spot-on application to sheep and is effective against lice, keds, ticks and blowfly (Calliphora, Lucilia) larvae. Cyromazine, a prepared solution for pour-on application to sheep, is effective against blowfly larvae because of the persistence of the drug, it is particularly indicated for the prevention of blowfly strike. Cyromazine protects sheep against blowfly strike (Lucilia cuprina) for up... 

Kotze, A.C., Rose, H.A., 1987. Purification and properties of glutathione S transferases from the larvae of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann). Insect Biochem. 19, 703-713. 

Elvin CM, Vuocolo T, Pearson RD, East IJ, Riding GA, Eisemann CH, Tellam RL. Characterization of a major peritrophic membrane protein, peritrophin-44, from the larvae of Lucilia cuprina cDNA and reduced amino acid sequences. J. Biol. Chem. 1996, 271(15), 8925-8935. 

Turnbull IP, Howells AJ. Integu-mental chitin synthase activity in cell-free extracts of larvae of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina, and two other species of diptera. Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 1983, 36, 251-262. 

Fig. 9. Changes in protein (O) and cardiolipin ( ) content of flight muscle mitochondria of Lucilia cuprina, before and after the imaginal molt. Drawn from data of Birt (1971).

Salt oviposition Ovipositor of Lucilia cuprina Rice (1976)... 

Rice, M. J. (1976) Contact chemoreceptors on the ovipositor of Lucilia cuprina (Wied.), the Australian sheep blowfly. Aust, J, ZooL, 24, 353-60. 

Myiasis is the invasion of tissues or open body cavities by fly, dipteran, larvae. Myiasis can be caused by fly larvae of many different species. Vaccine based control of myiasis is very appealing. Fly larvae can reside in direct contact with elements of the host immune system for months. Not unexpectedly, natural infections do not generally induce inflammatory responses 190) or host iimnunity to re-infestation 191). The most extensively studied causes of myiasis are the warble flies, Hypoderma bovis and Hypoderma lineatum, and the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina 24). 

D. F. Cook, Effect of avermectin residues in sheep dung on mating of the Australian blowfly Lucilia cuprina. Vet. ParasitoL, 1993, 48, 205-214. 

R. J. Mahon and K. G. Wardhaugh, Impact of dxmg from ivermectin-treated sheep on oogenesis and survival of adult Lucilia cuprina, Austr. Vet. J., 1991, 68, 173-177. 

---