Talk:Black fly

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I am curious orange

Aren't they sometimes yellow-orange, too? Trekphiler 17:37, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Painful Bite?

Is their bite known to be painful? --99.159.6.120 (talk) 14:01, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can't speak with authority except about the black flies that live in New England, but in my experience no, the bite itself doesn't hurt when it happens, but it becomes itchy soon thereafter. In this respect they're very different from horsefly/deerfly bites, which are quite painful. 206.208.105.129 (talk) 14:31, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

name

Are these also known as Black Gnats? There is a town by that name, Black Gnat. Drutt (talk) 08:31, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Common names in other languages

I think the section "Common names in other languages" should be dropped completely, since it does not conform to the standard of insect articles, and indeed not with wikipedia articles. The sidebar with links to other languages should be used for this. Atomicbre (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:24, 10 June 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Better photo needed

The current and only photo is from a scanning electron microscope, and provides no clue as to what they actually look like. 208.97.124.178 (talk) 05:10, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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It seems like I've got an infection on my scalp I'll put a picture on this I need some help I don't know how to get rid of it the doctor said it was a skin cancer I had surgery 2 weeks ago on it but I don't think it was skin cancer I want to sue the bitch 174.247.253.173 (talk) 02:06, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]