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Notes on Some Natural Enemies of Utah Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

B. V. Peterson
B. V. Peterson
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Guelph, Ontario
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Immature and adult black flies are often victims of various predatory or parasitic organisms. Observations on certain of these organisms were made in Utah over a period of several years, and are presented below to stimulate further interest in the natural enemies of the Simuliidae.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 92 , Issue 4 , April 1960 , pp. 266 - 274
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1960

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