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There were swarms of black flies buzzing over the opening.
Summers have always been short here, and marked by tormenting swarms of black flies.
The pupae of mosquitoes, of black flies (Simuliidae), and of a few aquatic midges swim actively.
Why not longer, or for those less tolerant of black flies, why not just July and August?
It's not clear why, but it may be that an infestation of black flies is harassing the birds, and they're just getting fed up and walking away.
Some of the tundra species of black flies and mosquitoes do not require a blood meal before depositing their eggs, in contrast to their temperate-region counterparts.
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There were those black flies to contend with, and even though I'd bought cheap head nets at the local grocery store, we'd heard so much about the misery of black fly season that I was prepared for the kids to rebel.
Once the infective larvae penetrate into the skin during a blood meal of black fly vectors (Simulium spp).
June, the peak of black-fly season, is a month to avoid.
McCreadie, J. W., Adler, P. H. & Beard, C. E. Ecology of symbiotes of larval black flies (diptera: simuliidae): distribution, diversity, and scale.
In a nearby village, Moli, in a wildlife refuge, people told us that lions had killed a 15-year-old in the fields, but added, "We are more afraid of the black flies than of the lions".
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