Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
Picture Gallery

Last update 3 March 2009

Photographic images of blackfly stages and ecology.

   

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      Bites caused by
S. ochraceum
Photo J.B.Davies
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Adult Blackflies


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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
Effect of simulium bites




Blackfly feeding on skin
Photo by Jarmo Holopainen


Effects of blackfly bites at 15 min and
24 hours

Photo by Jarmo Holopainen



Further images will be added as they become available

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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
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