The Ornithophilic Black Fly Simulium Meridionale Riley (Diptera: Simuliidae) Feeding On Man During Autumn1

1 April 1965

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology

Vol. 2 (1) , 84-85
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/2.1.84

Abstract

Simulium meridionale, which usually feeds on birds, avidly attacked man on warm days following cold weather during October in Wisconsin. If such changes in feeding behavior occur among vector species of Diptera, important epidemiological questions would be raised.

Keywords

DIPTERA
SEASONS