O. volvulus is spread by two species
of blackfly, Simulium damnosum and S. sirbanum.
Not exact matches
When the last day
of camp inevitably rolls around, I love bringing out my guitar to sing one last round
of «The Cat Came Back» and «
Blackfly» (if you've been in the theatre on a Summer Club morning you'll know what songs I'm talking about).
A team led by UBC Botany Prof. Patrick Keeling sequenced the genome
of Helicosporidium — an intracellular parasite that can kill juvenile
blackflies, caterpillars, beetles and mosquitoes — and found it evolved from algae like another notorious pathogen: malaria.
Deer Lake, Newfoundland — One
of the more noticeable things in this part
of The Rock, after the
blackflies and the moose collision warning signs, is how many Chevy Silverados are out here.
This was followed by The Delicate Story (2002);
Blackfly Season (2005); and The Fields
of Grief (2006), published in the USA as By the Time You Read This.
Additional information about fleas, ticks, mosquitoes and
blackflies can be found through the Ontario Ministry
of Natural Resources website.