0 a flying, biting insect found in areas where there is a lot of sand: --
He contracted a parasite-borne infection spread by sandflies.
Firstly, widespread populations of these sandflies are naturally infected.
Usually a few males hatch first and a few sandflies only hatch later than the majority.
He assumed an intoxication of the eggs in the body of the sandfly as the cause of this phenomenon.
Only 14 sandflies hatched and 94 larvae remained hibernating.
Female sandflies were not blood-fed but both males and females were allowed access to a saturated solution of sucrose.
Irregularity in the appearance of different larval stages and the hatching of isolated sandflies or of small batches over several weeks signify unfavourable conditions.
Whereas the majority of the single pots started hatching on the 46th day, the first sandflies from pot no. 223 hatched on the 60th day.
Overall, these results may have important implications for sandfly trap design.
