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Species List for Card Backs

The following list denotes the various insects featured on cards and posters.



The Biting Fly Derby

This drawing shows Dipteran pests of North American Moose and other insects of Moose range. Most flies are attracted to Moose for a blood meal and with the exception of the Muscids only the female flies are involved. Carbon dioxide and heat, given off by the Moose are the relevant attractants. Blood-feeding flies may ultimately affect the health and well being of Moose.
All the Moose depicted here were based on photographs taken by the artist on many canoe trips to Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada.

Jockeys (pests):

Horse Fly, Hybomitra sodalis, Tabanidae, Diptera.
Blackfly, Simulium venustum, Simuliidae, Diptera.
Mosquito, Aedes canadensis, Culicidae, Diptera.
Biting Midge, Culicoides obsoletus, Ceratapogonidae, Diptera.
Moose Fly, Haematobosca alcis, Muscidae, Diptera.
Deer Fly, Chrysops excitans, Tabanidae, Diptera.
Snipe Fly, Symphoromyia hirta, Rhagionidae, Diptera.
Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, Muscidae, Diptera.

Mounts:

Bull and Cow Moose, Alces alces, Cervidae, Artiodactyla.

Racegoers:

Mite, Macrocheles muscaedomesticae, Macrochelidae, Acari.
Darkling Beetle, Upis ceramboides, Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera.
Firefly, Lucidota corrusca, Lampyridae, Coleoptera.
Field Cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus, Gryllidae, Orthoptera.
Ripple Bug, Rhagovelia sp., Veliidae, Hemiptera.
Carrion Beetle, Necrophila americana, Silphidae, Coleoptera.
Scarab Beetle, Geotrupes balyi, Scarabaeidae, Coleoptera.
Yellowjacket Wasp, Vespula vulgaris, Vespidae, Hymenoptera.
Longhorn Beetle, Anoplodera canadensis, Cerambycidae, Coleoptera.
Moose Tick, Dermacentor albipictus, Ixodidae, Acari.
Tiger Beetle, Cicindela repanda, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera.
Carpenter Ant, Camponotus herculeonus, Formicidae, Hymenoptera.
Leafhopper, Idioceris stellaris, Cicadellidae, Homoptera.


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