Blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets. Synonyms:Aphis fabae, bean aphid.
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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.
... morning he left Fort Canibas with big Ben Kyle, to make a tour of the Thornton camps. It was a trip that took in the cruising of a township for standing timber on short rations and in the height of the blackfly season, an experience not conducive to reflections on ... — The Ramrodders - A Novel • Holman Day
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