black fly
Small bloodsucking insect
A black fly is a small biting fly that breeds in running water and swarms in enormous numbers during warm months.
Black flies are blood-feeders—their bites cause painful welts and can transmit diseases.
In northern forests, they're a notorious summer plague: The black flies were so thick we had to wear head nets.
Quantity with direction
- transmissionSending of information
- river blindnessParasitic infection causing blindness
- parasiteOne exploiting a host
- endemicNative to one area
tropical · Africa · Latin America · infection
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- thoraxCentral body cavity
abdomen · compound eyes · exoskeleton · mandible · proboscis · metamorphosis · larvae · pupa
Organism feeding on plasma
- proboscisElongated animal head appendage
- bitePierce with teeth
- weltRaised skin injury
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
itchy · painful · redness · inflammation · allergic reaction · histamine · anticoagulant · saliva
Mass of moving insects
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- massQuantity of matter
- thickHaving great depth
cluster · dense · relentless · persistent · seasonal · spring · summer · emergence
vector
Quantity with direction
- transmissionSending of information
- river blindnessParasitic infection causing blindness
- parasiteOne exploiting a host
endemic · tropical · Africa · Latin America · infection
diptera
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
thorax · abdomen · compound eyes · exoskeleton · mandible · proboscis · metamorphosis · larvae · pupa · pupation
bloodsucker
Organism feeding on plasma
swelling · itchy · painful · redness · inflammation · allergic reaction · histamine · anticoagulant · saliva · puncture
swarm
Mass of moving insects
thick · cluster · dense · relentless · persistent · seasonal · spring · summer · emergence · hatching
infestation
Pest takeover situation
bug spray · head net · pesticide · insecticide · control · eradicate · exterminate · deterrent · trap · permethrin
- Biting Pestsmosquito, mosquitoes, flea, fleas, bedbug
- blood feedersmosquito, tick, flea, louse, bedbug
- bloodsuckersmosquito, tick, flea, leech, bedbug
- flieshousefly, blowfly, horsefly, hoverfly, botfly
- gnatsgnats, gnat, midges, midge, fungus gnats
- North Woodscanoe trip, boreal forest, portage, white pine, red pine
black flybeneficial insect
Arthropod aiding agriculture
butterfly · honeybee · ladybug · pollinator · mosquito