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gall gnat, gall midge, gallfly
fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
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fly
two-winged insects characterized by active flight
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bee killer, robber fly
swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
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fruit fly, pomace fly
any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
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hippoboscid, louse fly
bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
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mosquito
two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
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gnat
any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
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fungus gnat
mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
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fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid
minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
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crane fly, daddy longlegs
long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite
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Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
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Musca domestica, house fly, housefly
common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
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glossina, tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly
bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
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blow fly, blowfly
large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
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Sarcophaga carnaria, flesh fly
fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
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tachina fly
bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects
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gadfly
any of various large flies that annoy livestock
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bee fly
hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects
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Rhagoletis pomonella, apple maggot, railroad worm
larvae bore into and feed on apples
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Ceratitis capitata, Mediterranean fruit fly, medfly
small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit
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Drosophila melanogaster, drosophila
small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
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vinegar fly
flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves
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Hippobosca equina, horse tick, horsefly
winged fly parasitic on horses
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Melophagus Ovinus, sheep ked, sheep tick, sheep-tick
wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
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Haematobia irritans, horn fly
small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn
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gnat
(British usage) mosquito
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Aedes aegypti, yellow-fever mosquito
mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
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Aedes albopictus, Asian tiger mosquito
striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
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anopheline
any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
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malaria mosquito, malarial mosquito
transmits the malaria parasite
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Culex pipiens, common mosquito
common house mosquito
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Culex fatigans, Culex quinquefasciatus
widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms
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biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punkie, punky
minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
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midge
minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
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psychodid
a fly of the family Psychodidae
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Phlebotomus papatasii, sand fly, sandfly
any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
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armyworm
larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted
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black fly, blackfly, buffalo gnat
small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
