0 a flying, biting insect found in areas where there is a lot of sand:
He contracted a parasite-borne infection spread by sandflies.
Immunoblot analysis has revealed striking specificity of antigen components in the 3 sandfly species studied.
Possibly a similar difference in preference could be found amongst different sandfly species.
None of the 1469 sandflies from 44 feeding trials were infected on dissection.
From 8 broods started with single females, 5 developed normally and gave 71 sandflies and 36 larvae hibernated.
The composition of sandfly saliva varies considerably between species and even between populations of different geographical origin.
When bloodmeal digestion is completed the sandflies feed on sugar meals and the parasites migrate forwards.
From these 271 sandflies hatched and 22 larvae remained in diapause, of which 13 hatched within 1 to 2 months and the rest died.
Overall, these results may have important implications for sandfly trap design.
