Black Fly
Learn About the Black Fly
Description: 1/16-1/8" (2-4 mm). Humpbacked, head pointing downward. Grayish brown to shiny black. Antennae thick often with many segments. Wings smoky to clear; veins near front margin heavy, others delicate.
- Warning Bites; female sucks bird and mammal blood. Not known to transmit diseases to humans in North America.
- Food Male and female feed on nectar. Female sucks blood from birds and mammals. Larva is filter feeder, eating particles such as diatoms and bacteria.

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