NOUN
- small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
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- Other rare birds are Fraser's eagle owl Bubo poensis, white-bellied robin chat Cossypher roberti, Grauer's warbler Graueria vittata, short-tailed warbler Hemitasia neumanni, yellow-eyed black flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiaca, montane double-collared sunbird Nectarinia ludovicenis and dusky twinspot Clytospiza cinereoinacea. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
- The disease, also called onchocerciasis, is caused by a parasitic worm, Onchocerca volvulus, whose larvae are transmitted in the bite of the black fly, which breeds by fast-flowing streams. ANC Daily News Briefing
- Also called onchocerciasis, river blindness is caused by a parasitic worm whose larvae are transmitted by the bite of the black fly, which breeds by fast-flowing streams. News24 Top Stories
- One University of North Texas graduate student is using black fly maggots to compost that garbage.
- The Mock Orange bush has a bad case of black fly already, and the rose bush has greenfly.
- This remote region holds several Albertine Rift endemic species such as Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Kivu Ground Thrush and Red-faced Woodland Warbler, along with a wealth of francolins, bee-eaters, honeyguides, sunbirds, robin-chats, akalats, and with luck the striking Ruwenzori Turaco.
- You probably will recognize some of the suspects: horsefly/deer fly, stable fly, housefly, black fly, hornfly, face fly, culicoides, and mosquito.
- Most clearwing moths look wasp- or hornet-like, but the adult squash vine borer looks like a large, glassy-winged, bright orange and black fly-fishing lure.
- The eggs then mature into a threadlike state called microfilariae, before developing into larvae, which can then be picked up and handed on to other people when a black fly takes a blood meal. ANC Daily News Briefing