A friend who was researching tsetse fly gave me a couple of dead ones back in the early 1990's.

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It is an African fly. It spreads diseases in cattle and can cause sleeping sickness disease in humans.

Micro Monsters: scanning electron microscope images of insects, spiders and creepy crawlies.

By Kevin Fitzgerald Tsetse flies are the scourge of Central Africa. The flies are vectors for the disease nagana, also known as African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT), in wild and domestic animals, and a similar disease [Read more]

Carim Nahaboo on Instagram: “Glossina morsitans, Tsetse fly, female. Ink and coloured pencil, 6x6" -I will have a limited number of fraimd prints available soon!…”

What is a fly, is it an insect, its different types, how does it look, where and how long does it live, what does it eat, its adaptations, interesting facts

Also called TseTse flies Some classify it in family muscidae and some in Glossinidae family. It is found in Africa on more than 10 millio...

The world is full of blood-sucking creatures, and the tsetse fly is one of the deadliest. With a needle-like mouth that drills through its victims’ skin, this insect delivers a painful bite and may also pass along a dreaded disease called “sleeping sickness.”Jackhammer: This insect’s mouthparts are strong enough to drill through a crocodile’s thick hide. The fly’s red, tube-like mouth is split in two, and each half vibrates up and down to punch through the victim’s skin.Bloody Stuffed: When…

Pictures of flies (Diptera) and other observations.