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CONTENTS

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Introduction
Mechanism of blood feeding
Life cycle
Disease transmission
Allergic reactions and immunity
Personal protection
Abatement strategies
 
Families of biting flies
Mosquitoes (Culicidae)
Black flies (Simuliidae)
Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae)
Horse flies and deer flies (Tabanidae)
Snipe flies (Symphoromyia spp.—Rhagionidae)
Horn flies and stable flies (Haematobia irritans and Stomoxys calcitrans— Muscidae)
Sheep keds, or sheep ticks (Melophagus ovinus—Hippoboscidae)
 
Acknowledgments
 
Further reading

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Date Modified: 2003-06-23