#Simulium
Simulium reptans, male with large and small facets to the eyes; females feed on mammals inc. humans.
Anyone ecologists needing help with diptera backlog from this year? Or planning lots of diptera work next year, please contact me if I can help.
Please share, ta!
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January 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy #Flyday! a few critters perched on the side of our house this week. Simulium, Pollenia, Aedes/Ochlerotatus
#insects. #bugsky.
February 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It just takes the temperature to creep up towards 10 degrees and insects start to emerge. Signs of better entomological times to come. 🙂 Got the first blackflies (Simulium) buzzing me today as well, so spring must be approaching! #ento #coleoptera #weevil
January 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What about Simulium spp larvae if collected from rivers attached in submerged substrates e.g. leaves.
August 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hear hear!
November 29, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Blackflies are more colorful than the vernacular name implies. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#bugsky #diptera #insects
Common Blackflies (Genus Simulium)
Common Blackflies from Lane County, OR, USA on October 28, 2025 at 05:04 PM by Mike Palmer. visiting parsley flwoers. 8776
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October 29, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Here in the #greenMountains of #Vermont & the state's #northeastKingdom, #blackFly season began today with a bang.

#Simulium #Simuliidae
May 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Simulium?
January 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Vector biology is not just a term but my passion. This day we went for sampling of Black fly (Simulium damnosum). The vector that transmits Onchocerca volvulus communaly known as river blindness. Looking forward to explore more and having the opportunity to show off my skills via a scholarship prog
July 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Black Flies & Isla the Common Loon | Mouche Noires et Isla, un plongeon huard (Moon River, Ontario) www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Ff..., Thank you, Phil for sharing your video.
Black Flies & Isla the Common Loon | Mouche Noires et Isla, un plongeon huard (Moon River, Ontario)
Simulium annulus are blood-sucking black flies that attack common loon specifically. Learn more at https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-17-239.1 . A "bad year" for black flies—is triggered by cool, wet…
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June 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
New research in #RESMedVetEnt

An integrated analysis of mammalophilic #blackflies in the #Simulium variegatum group in Laos
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70018

#InsectID #Diptera #Taxonomy #Morphology #MolecularTaxonomy
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September 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: New morphological information on Simulium cerradense adults and new records of black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the western region of Bahia state, Brazil https://www.gbif.org/dataset/f4e97060-5d9c-416b-be3b-bcababd40310
June 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚨 Call for #PhD candidates

#PhD position in ecology and improved surveillance of Simulium vectors of human Onchocerciasis, hosted by @cirad.bsky.social

📍 Montpellier, France and Yaoundé, Cameroon
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December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Pesquisadores descobrem nova espécie de mosca, predadora de mosquito borrachudo, no Parque da Pedra Branca
Pesquisadores do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz e da Universidade Federal da Paraíba descobriram uma nova espécie de mosca na cabeceira do Rio Piabas, em Vargem Grande, dentro do Parque Estadual da Pedra Branca. Entre as características do novo inseto analisadas no estudo, observou-se que ele é um predador do mosquito Simulium spp, o popular borrachudo, inseto que é uma grande preocupação da região e teve ainda uma proliferação atípica neste ano, com combate reforçado pela prefeitura. Parcerias com Lucio Costa, Niemeyer e Carlos Carvalho: Arquiteto de 84 anos conta em livro histórias dos primeiros condomínios da Barra Transporte aquaviário na Barra: Consórcio vencedor tem 60 dias pra apresentar cronograma de implantação A nova espécie foi batizada de Hemerodromia mystica e pode se alimentar de borrachudos em diferentes fases de vida. Em uma delas, a mosca invade o próprio casulo do borrachudo em um comportamento chamado pelos pesquisadores de inquilinismo. Além da picada dolorida, o mosquito também transmite doenças como a oncocercose e a mansonelose. A nova mosca também indica que a área está preservada ecologicamente, já que precisa de cursos d’água limpos para se desenvolver. — Trata-se de uma espécie bioindicadora de qualidade ambiental e que apresenta potencial significativo em estudos sobre biocontrole de outros insetos hematófagos e transmissores de doença — explica Arion Tulio Aranda, biólogo e pesquisador da Fiocruz, e um dos autores do estudo, que durou dois anos e foi recentemente publicado na revista científica internacional Springer Nature. Veja vídeo: Motorista em carro blindado filma assalto a outro veículo na Avenida das Américas O Parque Estadual da Pedra Branca é uma unidade de conservação administrada pelo Instituto Estadual do Ambiente (Inea) que abrange 17 bairros. Ela também é considerada a maior floresta urbana do mundo. — É gratificante saber que a nossa unidade de conservação ainda nos reserva novidades e é o ambiente ideal para a conservação de uma espécie tão importante. Isso mostra que estamos no caminho certo quanto à execução da nossa política de preservação da Mata Atlântica — diz o secretário de Estado do Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Bernardo Rossi. Initial plugin text
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September 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Hedtke et al. 2024

River blindness is caused by a parasite, and is treatable and preventable with the right drugs. However, in northeast Ethiopia, River blindness is returning.

We show that migration of infective blackflies from the south may re-introduce the disease.

doi.org/10.1371/jour...
December 5, 2024 at 6:17 AM
Fun times at the Australian Society for Parasitology Annual Congress showcasing the amazing (and gross) biodiversity of parasites!

Successful talks on genomics of blackflies that transmit River blindness by @nehassirwani.bsky.social @sindew.bsky.social @millicentopoku.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A winter #chalkstream is quite a simple system, with only 3 species of fish; besides trout & Threespine Sticklebacks only Chabot Bullheads.
Also quite a few larvae of #riverflies; I think on the white stone next to the Bullhead are Blackfly (Simulium sp) & Agapetus Caddisfly larvae. #TeamFish 7/10
January 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Blackflies - bane of my existence in South America

they don't sting: they bite open the skin and lick up the blood. add chemicals. tissue damage.

the bite stops hurting quite fast. then returns for about five days, mostly at night.

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July 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Ivy still busy in the sun yesterday at Birdoswald, Cumbria. Pictures in order:

Mesembrina meridian, the noon fly; Eristalis pertinax, tapered drone fly; a Scathaphoga dung fly and a Polietes sp. sharing a leaf; a dead Simulium (blackfly) sp. male.
November 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Last week (14 & 15th) I spent two glorious sessions in the field with the Harlequin Ducks of Laxárdalur as they harvested the annual bonanza of Simulium larvae at the south-western river outlet from Lake Mývatn in northern Iceland. Full report on Rn'S
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A Harlequin Duck haven at Laxárdalur, Mývatn in Iceland: 13 – 15th May
Earlier this year I became aware from another OB listed blog that two residual items on my Westpal birding wish-list – Barrow’s Goldeneye and Harlequin – may be observed quite rea…
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May 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM