[Behavioral reactions of the horse flies of the genus Hybomitra (Diptera: Tabanidae) during a flight around a host and searching places for bloodsucking].
Flight trajectories of horse flies Hybomitra attacking a single host (a cow) have been registered on record cards by the method of Knipest (1981). The trajectories in a search on integuments of preferred places for feeding are described, as well as the responses caused by defensive activity of the cow are considered. The role of sensory systems in a regulation of the feeding reactions of the horse-flies is discussed.
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D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002417:Cattle; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005426:Flight, Animal; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D009949:Orientation; D012426:Russia