Blackfly Picture Gallery

Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
Picture Gallery

Last update 3 March 2009

Photographic images of blackfly stages and ecology.
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To see any image full size, click on the image. Picture will then open in a new page			Bites caused by S. ochraceum Photo J.B.Davies
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Adult Blackflies


Adult female of S. damnosum s.l main vector of onchocerciasis in Africa on a grass stem Photo: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	Adult females of S. ochraceum s.l, main vector of onchocerciasis in Guatemala Photo J.B.Davies	Adult females of S. ochraceum s.l (top) and S. metallicum s.l. compared Photo J.B.Davies		Bites caused by S. ochraceum Photo J.B.Davies	S. damnosum s.l. feeding on arm Photo: J.B.Davies

				Blackfly feeding on skin Photo by Jarmo Holopainen	Effects of blackfly bites at 15 min and 24 hours Photo by Jarmo Holopainen

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Images collected by Professor Doug Craig on blackflies and their hydrodynamics Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Temporarily Discontinued	Animation of blackfly larva and flow patterns around it Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Temporarily Discontinued	Images of blackfly larval heads collected by Professor Doug. Craig Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Temporarily Discontinued
Rob Hutchinson's veterinary entomology site dedicated to insects that cause economic loss to farmers. Life cycles, control methods, images and general information		Sites with pictures of blackflies discovered while surfing the Web

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