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biting midge

n.
Any of various minute, biting flies of the family Ceratopogonidae. Also called no-see-um, punkie, sandfly.
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FANAR, Lebanon: A biting midge, now encased in amber, bit a dinosaur 135 million years ago in what is today the country of Lebanon.
Jurassic Park idea encased in Lebanon's ambers
For example, the wings of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille (ca.
Patron de variacion alar en la mosquita patagonica Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) multipicta Ingram & Macfie (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)
How to capture and study biting midges. In: The Ceratopogonidae of Costa Rica.
Redescripcion del ultimo estadio larval y de la pupa de Bezzia roldani (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine found that the Highland biting midge is particularly attracted to the sweat of certain individuals.
Working up a sweat; Westgate
This emergence of BT into parts of Europe never before affected was attributed mainly to climate change and was linked to the northern expansion of the major Old World vector Culicoides imicola (Kieffer), which is an Afro-Asiatic species of biting midge (13).
Bluetongue epidemiology in the European Union
Few would know about the four Australian Government funded sentinel cattle herds, strategically located across the top end, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste which are tested for exotic diseases that may have arrived in Australia through pathways unique to this region, such as biting midges blowing across the Torres Strait from PNG or from Indonesia.
Australia : Beef herd healthit extends far beyond our airports
Management of North American Culicoides biting midges: current knowledge and research needs.
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in White-Tailed Deer, Canada
Apart from biting midges some other vectors like arthropods; ticks and mosquitoes are also responsible for the transmission of BTV virus.
Bluetongue, emerging threat to small ruminants
Midges typically begin to come out during the end of May, and in June the female biting midges arrive to kick off the season.
Midge misery as walker films himself covered in biting insects and others become 'prisoners' in their homes; Scott Sweeney shared a shocking video of hundreds of midges clinging to his hands and buzzing around him as Scots claim it's the "worst year ever" for the presence of the flies
Evaluation of housing as a means to protect cattle from Culicoides biting midges, the vectors of bluetongue virus.
Identificacion morfologica de Culicoides spp descritos como transmisores de Orbivirus capturados en granjas de ovinos en Pucallpa, Peru
Floridians and Florida vacationers can rely on Reynolds Pest Management, Inc for further information on the commonly encountered Biting Midges also known as No-See-Ums.
Reynolds Pest Management, Inc Discusses Biting Pests in South Florida
On the basis of 12 years' research of using bacterial preparations, we have identified that the concentration of 3.0 g of product per liter is lethal to larvae of biting midges. The data obtained from the treated and untreated areas indicate a considerable decrease in the number of midges' larvae.
Biological control of the blood-feeding midges during 2014 in the middle course of the Irtysh River

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