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Black Fly
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Black flies are small, biting flies of the family Simuliidae whose females require a blood meal from a vertebrate host to develop their eggs, while males feed only on nectar. Their larvae develop attached to submerged rocks and vegetation in fast-flowing, well-oxygenated streams and rivers, and in parts of Africa and Latin America, black fly bites can transmit the parasitic worm that causes onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness.
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