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Blackfly

noun
1.
Blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets.  Synonyms: Aphis fabae, bean aphid.
2.
Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals.  Synonyms: black fly, buffalo gnat.





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"Blackfly" Quotes from Famous Books



... The big black fly was in a sorry plight; She hung and dangled in a spider's web. It was too late to make a hurried flight. The sand is sifting and the ...
— Clear Crystals • Clara M. Beede
... plants must be watched carefully for black fly, which can be kept off with Aphine. The plants will also need supports of twine or wire, or stakes, whether in the beds or ...
— Gardening Indoors and Under Glass • F. F. Rockwell


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