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IN 1957, in conjunction with Dr. Lewis Davies, I published a communication on the occurrence of large numbers of blood-sucking flies of the family Simuliidae in a light trap in Inverness-shire1. Trapping was continued for just over four years and a total of 17,500 flies belonging to ten species were captured. Some of the results of the work have since been discussed2,3.
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Williams, C. B., Davies, L., Downes, A. E. R., and Weitz, B., Trans. Roy. Entomol., London, 114, 1 (1962).
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WILLIAMS, C. Nocturnal Activity of Black Flies (Simuliidae). Nature 201, 105 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201105a0
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