Sentence examples for biting midge from inspiring English sources

Feeding behaviours of Palaearctic biting midge species and their spatio-temporal dynamics remain unclear at the specific level.

Blue tongue virus (BTV) occurs in all tropical and semitropical climates of the world where biting midge vectors exist, and there are 24 distinct serotypes in different areas of the world (http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Animal_Health_in_the_World/docs/pdf/Disease_cards/BLUETONGUE.pdf).

It is transmitted by the bite of certain Culicoides biting midge species [2] [4].

Following successful use of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae against larval stages of biting midge Culicoides nubeculosus Meigen, we investigated the efficacy of this strain and other fungi (Beauveria bassiana, Isaria fumosorosea and Lecanicillium longisporum) as biocontrol agents against adult C. nubeculosus in laboratory and greenhouse studies.

BTV is transmitted between its ruminant hosts almost exclusively through the bites of the females of vector species of the Culicoides biting midge (31 ).

Clusters obtained by OrthoMCL as described above were split into two groups, according to phylogenetic relatedness: C. riparius and C. piger as non-biting midges and A. aegypti and C. quinquefasciatus as biting midges.

Thus, the assays as described are applicable for the specific identification of biting midges in small pools.

Mosquitoes, black flies, sand flies, biting midges, and horse flies have evolved mandibles and maxillae that are bladelike, piercing stylets.

Certain types of biting midges, including mosquitoes and sand flies, are crepuscular feeders, preferring dawn and dusk, while others prefer night, he said.

In 2012, Schmallenberg virus, also spread by biting midges and causing miscarriages, was blown across the channel and infected over 250 farms in the UK.

The virus is believed to have been brought into the UK by biting midges, blown from mainland Europe in the autumn 2011 and infecting pregnant ewes and cows.