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Blackfly vs Sandfly - What's the difference?

blackfly | sandfly |

As nouns the difference between blackfly and sandfly

is that blackfly is a black or dark green aphid that is a common pest of agricultural crops while sandfly is any of various small flies of the genera genus: Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.

blackfly

English

(wikipedia blackfly)

Alternative forms

* black fly

Noun

(blackflies)
  • A black or dark green aphid that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
  • Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family .

    • sandfly

    English

    (wikipedia sandfly)

    Alternative forms

    * sand fly

    Noun

    (sandflies)
  • Any of various small flies of the genera and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
  • (US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

    • See also

    * midge * no-see-um * punkie, punky * sand flea