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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Black Flies (Simuliidae) » Simulium
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Ouch - Simulium - female
Copyright © 2007 Joe, Entomologist (in training)

Ouch - Simulium - Female
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
May 10, 2007
Size: 3 mm
Try taking a pic of a 3mm fly biting you... using your left hand to photograph on the middle of the inside of your right arm... pretty damn tough!

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Ouch - Simulium - female Ouch - Simulium
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Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 10 May, 2007 - 6:19pm
Last updated 18 November, 2009 - 9:16pm

Moved
Moved from Black Flies.
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 10 May, 2007 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Biting midges.
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 10 May, 2007 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

Simuliid
yeah their bites hurt, and and yeah its hard taking a pic with one hand. How early in the day was this picture taen?
… Omar Fahmy, 10 May, 2007 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow... the loss of blood must
Wow... the loss of blood must be going to my head... thanks for catching that blunder. :)

... taken at around 4:30
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