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Ovis aries
(Domestic And Feral Sheep)
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Ovis aries (Domestic And Feral Sheep)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Ovis aries Feeding traces 18 July 2007 Merioneth Wales 6

Suggested Literature

Ovis aries may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 CHORDATA
(vertebrates)		 MAMMALIA
(mammals)		 BOVIDAE
(cattle)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Ovis aries:

has blood sucked by Dermacentor reticulatus - Marsh Tick, Ornate Cow Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Hillyard, P.D., 1996
has blood sucked by Haemaphysalis punctata - Coastal Red Tick, Red Sheep Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Hillyard, P.D., 1996
has blood sucked by Ixodes canisuga - Fox Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Hillyard, P.D., 1996
Photos has blood sucked by Ixodes ricinus - Sheep Tick, Pasture Tick, Castor Bean Tick, Deer Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Hillyard, P.D., 1996
is ectoparasitised by imago Melophagus ovinus - Sheep Ked (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Hutson, A.M., 1984
may be infected by blue tongue virus (BTV) - Blue Tongue Disease - Causative Organism Major DEFRA: Animal Health and Welfare: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/index.htm [sheep are the most severely affected]
Photos dung (buried) buried dung dung/debris may support larva Geotrupes vernalis - Spring Dumbledor (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [each burrow contains a single larva]
dung (buried) buried dung dung/debris may support larva Onthophagus joannae - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [on chalky or sandy soil]
Photos dung (buried) buried dung dung/debris may support larva Onthophagus similis - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [on chalky or sandy soil]
dung (buried) buried dung dung/debris may support larva Onthophagus vacca - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [usually on low-lying green pastures]
dung (dry) dry dung may shelter imago Odonteus armiger - a dumbledor (Coleoptera: Bolboceratidae) Jessop, L., 1986
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Panaeolus semiovatus var. phalaenarum - an egghead mottlegill (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Panaeolus subfirmus - a mottlegill (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinopsis filamentifer - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinopsis utrifer - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinopsis vermiculifer - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (wet, weathered) wet, weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Mycocalia denudata - Common Mycocalia (Agaricales: Nidulariaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acidic soil]
Photos dung dung may attract imago Typhaeus typhoeus - Minotaur Beetle (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [in burrows below dung]
Photos dung dung dung/debris may support larva Typhaeus typhoeus - Minotaur Beetle (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [in holes in dry sandy soil]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius borealis - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [prefers wooded areas, but also exposed areas including sand dunes]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius coenosus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [on sandy soil]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius erraticus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
Photos dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius haemorrhoidalis - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius lapponum - Northern Dung Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius lividus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius luridus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [in exposed habitats]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius nemoralis - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Minor Jessop, L., 1986 [in shaded areas of woodland]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius obliteratus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [especially in wooded areas]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius putridus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [in open, dry, sandy and chalky areas]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius quadrimaculatus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Restricted Jessop, L., 1986 [on dry pastures]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius scrofa - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [dry, exposed, sandy ground]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius borealis - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [prefers wooded areas, but also exposed areas including sand dunes]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius coenosus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [on sandy soil]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius erraticus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
Photos dung dung may house imago Aphodius haemorrhoidalis - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung may house imago Aphodius lapponum - Northern Dung Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung may house imago Aphodius lividus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung may house imago Aphodius luridus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [in exposed habitats]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius nemoralis - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Minor Jessop, L., 1986 [in shaded areas of woodland]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius obliteratus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [especially in wooded areas]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius putridus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [in open, dry, sandy and chalky areas]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius quadrimaculatus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [on dry pastures]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius scrofa - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [dry, exposed, sandy ground]
wool, blanket (old, discarded) old, discarded wool of blanket dung/debris may support fruitbody Sistotrema coronilla - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae) UK/Ireland Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
wool wool may house puparium Melophagus ovinus - Sheep Ked (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) Restricted Hutson, A.M., 1984
wool wool may house larva Melophagus ovinus - Sheep Ked (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) Restricted Hutson, A.M., 1984
wound wound is ectoparasitised by larva Lucilia sericata - Sheep Maggot Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) van Emden, F.I., 1954

Ovis aries may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 CHORDATA
(vertebrates)		 MAMMALIA
(mammals)		 ARTIODACTYLA
(even-toed ungulates)		 BOVIDAE
(cattle)

References

DEFRA: Animal Health and Welfare: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/index.htm DEFRA: Animal Health and Welfare
Hillyard, P.D., 1996 Ticks of North-West Europe
Hutson, A.M., 1984 Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)
Jessop, L., 1986 Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
van Emden, F.I., 1954 Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae

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