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Significados de blackfly em inglês

espanhol
piojo del frijol

Blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets.

piojo del frijol
português
simuliidae

Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals.

simuliidae
Sinônimos
Examples for "black fly"
Examples for "black fly"
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But the black fly is at the bottom of the moral scale.
Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
2
After a minute, a large black fly buzzed close to his head.
Dayworld Rebel
3
A black fly lit on her cheek and she swatted it away savagely.
House of Bathory
4
Vaylo batted away a black fly and turned his thoughts to the now.
Watcher of the Dead
5
A black fly kept buzzing around her bony ankles, dodging her mad slaps.
Knockemstiff
1
Buffalo gnats and tsetse were very troublesome on this march, owing to the numerous herds of game in the vicinity.
How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
2
As it was, she and Charity were both engulfed in a gritty brown cloud of powdered earth, undefined filth and bothersome, ever-present buffalo gnats.
Frontier courtship
Uso de blackfly em inglês
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There are particularly abundant crops of hefty blackfly and greenfly this year.
The Irish Times
2
The blackfly and mosquito attack both man and beast in maddening millions.
Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador / An Address Presented by Lt.-Col...
3
Tribes of mosquito and blackfly come to Judah and bleed him terribly.
Iron Council
4
Tells about numerous blackfly bites, using insect repellent and not seeing a single fish.
The new yorker
5
It was only nine miles over easy terrain, but the blackfly made it a torment.
A walk in the woods: rediscovering america on the appalachian tr...
6
Pinch out broad bean tops to prevent them from getting blackfly once they come into flower.
The Guardian
7
Torsten was doing the blackfly dance.
The blood spilt
8
A moderate breeze kept the worst of the mosquitoes and blackflies away.
IT
9
He had, I noticed, a haze of blackflies of his own.
A walk in the woods: rediscovering america on the appalachian tr...
10
Cawley peered at him as if Teddy's face were sprouting blackflies.
Shutter Island
11
It is transmitted to humans by blackflies breeding along fast-flowing tropical rivers and streams.
Reuters
12
Bergman does not mention the power of the blackflies.
The new yorker
13
It's spring in Algonquin Bay and the blackflies aren't the only ones out for blood.
The Irish Times
14
Like bloated blackflies, swarming around the old lady's corpse.
Mistress of the game
15
Blackflies and mosquitoes were reputed to have driven many of the early Canadian explorers insane.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
16
You'll be eaten alive by blackflies.
The Lost Sisterhood
Translations for blackfly
português
simuliidae
Blackfly ao longo do tempo