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Buffalo Gnat

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Black Fly
A Simulidium spp fly measuring 1–5 mm which sucks blood and causes haemorrhagic oozing papules, edema and lymphadenopathy which, in tropical Africa and Central and South America, is a vector for Onchocerca volvulus

buffalo gnat


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Bow season opened October 1, with oppressive heat and hordes of tiny buffalo gnats.
Black flies, also known as buffalo gnats, are smaller biting flies, about one-eighth of an inch long.
The same goes for chiggers and fleas, and even if a starving buffalo gnat slips through your outer bug suit, it won't be able to bite through the Rynoskin and remove a chunk of your epidermis.
 
 
 
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