tsetse flies
Sleeping sickness vectors
Tsetse flies are bloodsucking insects native to tropical Africa, known for transmitting sleeping sickness to humans and a similar disease to livestock.
The flies are larger than common houseflies and have a distinctive forward-folding wing pattern.
Their presence has historically limited cattle farming across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Also spelled tsetse fly or simply tsetse.
- mosquitoesBlood-drinking flying insects
- sandfliesBiting coastal insects
- bloodsuckingExtracting blood for nourishment
- vectorQuantity with direction
- disease carrierTransmitter of pathogens
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disease vector status
tsetse flieshoneybees
Colonial insects producing wax
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