blackfly

Noun

Meaning

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

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

Source: WordNet

buffalo gnat bean aphid Aphis fabae ant dragonfly aphis bee midge butterfly gnat bedbug cricket beetle aphid botfly

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gnat aphid

You don't want to be outside during blackfly season. Shania Twain