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The Blandford fly (Simulium posticatum) is a species of black flies, biting insects found in Europe, Turkey and western Siberia. It spends its larval stage in the weedbeds of slow flowing rivers and when the fly emerges, the female seeks a blood meal before mating. It usually bites the lower legs causing pain, itching and swelling. Scratching the irritated areas can lead to breaks in the skin, after which secondary infection may set in.

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  • The Blandford fly (Simulium posticatum) is a species of black flies, biting insects found in Europe, Turkey and western Siberia. It spends its larval stage in the weedbeds of slow flowing rivers and when the fly emerges, the female seeks a blood meal before mating. It usually bites the lower legs causing pain, itching and swelling. Scratching the irritated areas can lead to breaks in the skin, after which secondary infection may set in. The Blandford fly's English common name derives from a major outbreak of people being bitten around the town of Blandford Forum in Dorset, England, in the 1960s and 1970s. In a four-week period during the spring of 1972, some 600 people were estimated to have visited their doctors in Blandford to be treated for insect bites. In the late 1980s, Dorset County Council asked the Institute for Freshwater Ecology (now the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology), then based in Wareham, Dorset, to investigate a means of ameliorating the problem. They suggested using a biological, bacterial insecticide, Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti), which was sprayed into the weed beds, resulting in the destruction of 80–90% of the Blandford fly larvae and a corresponding reduction in the numbers of people bitten. Indeed, it is reported that the number of people bitten has dropped to less than one hundredth of those affected in 1989.Recently, the fly has begun affecting people in other parts of southern England, including built up areas, probably encouraged by water features. Singer Mollie King and golfer Ian Poulter have both been affected by bites, with the latter having to pull out of the French Open. (en)
  • Simulium posticatum es una especie de insecto del género Simulium, familia Simuliidae, orden Diptera. Fue descrita científicamente por Meigen, 1838.​​ (es)
  • Simulium posticatum (Blandford fly) is een muggensoort uit de familie van de kriebelmuggen (Simuliidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1838 door Meigen. Het is een zwarte vlieg, een bijtend insect dat voorkomt in Europa, Turkije en West-Siberië. Ze brengt haar larvenstadium door in de onkruidbeddingen van traagstromende rivieren en wanneer de vlieg tevoorschijn komt, zoekt het vrouwtje een bloedmaal alvorens te paren. De vlieg bijt meestal in de onderbenen en veroorzaakt pijn, jeuk en zwelling. Het krabben aan de geïrriteerde plekken kan leiden tot huidbreuken, waarna een secundaire infectie kan ontstaan. (nl)
  • Simulium posticatum är en tvåvingeart som först beskrevs av Johann Wilhelm Meigen 1838. Simulium posticatum ingår i släktet Simulium och familjen knott. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
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  • Meigen, 1838 (en)
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  • *S. austeni (Edwards, 1915) *S. pseudoreptans (Enderlein, 1935) *S. venustum (Old World authors) *S. verecundum (Old World authors) (en)
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  • Simulium posticatum (en)
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  • Simulium posticatum es una especie de insecto del género Simulium, familia Simuliidae, orden Diptera. Fue descrita científicamente por Meigen, 1838.​​ (es)
  • Simulium posticatum är en tvåvingeart som först beskrevs av Johann Wilhelm Meigen 1838. Simulium posticatum ingår i släktet Simulium och familjen knott. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
  • The Blandford fly (Simulium posticatum) is a species of black flies, biting insects found in Europe, Turkey and western Siberia. It spends its larval stage in the weedbeds of slow flowing rivers and when the fly emerges, the female seeks a blood meal before mating. It usually bites the lower legs causing pain, itching and swelling. Scratching the irritated areas can lead to breaks in the skin, after which secondary infection may set in. (en)
  • Simulium posticatum (Blandford fly) is een muggensoort uit de familie van de kriebelmuggen (Simuliidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1838 door Meigen. (nl)
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  • Blandford fly (en)
  • Simulium posticatum (es)
  • Simulium posticatum (nl)
  • Simulium posticatum (sv)
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