ArticleMedical and veterinary entomology2026
Conspecific cueing or cooperative feeding?-Foraging stable flies are visually attracted to conspecific flies.
Article in Medical and veterinary entomology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Identification of Semiochemicals in the Feces of Stable Flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, that Attract Conspecific Flies.Journal of chemical ecology · 2026Article
- Conspecific cueing or cooperative feeding?-Foraging stable flies are visually attracted to conspecific flies.Medical and veterinary entomology · 2026Article
- Bacteria in stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) feces inform foraging decisions of conspecific flies.Journal of medical entomology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, blood-feed daily on livestock hosts. The presence of conspecific flies on host animals may signify host suitability ('conspecific cueing') or may signal density-dependent feeding benefits ('Allee effects'). However, stable flies captured on sticky traps reportedly render traps less attractive to conspecifics. We investigated whether this deterrent effect is context-dependent, and whether host-foraging stable flies are attracted to, rather than deterred by, conspecifics. In two-choice laboratory bioassays, we offered food-deprived, CO
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