Blood feeding by black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) on black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) in Finland

• Published in: Entomologica Fennica
• Main Authors: Ojanen, Ulriikka, Rätti, Osmo, Adler, Peter, Kuusela, Kalevi, Malmqvist, Björn, Helle, Pekka
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: This journal is published jointly by the Entomological Society of Finland, the Lepidopterological Society of Finland, the Societas Entomologica Helsingforsiensis and the Entomological Club of the Zoological and Botanical Society of Turku. 2002
• Subjects: Fries; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://journal.fi/entomolfennica/article/view/84155; https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.84155

We investigated the species composition of blood-sucking black flies harassing black grouse (Tetrao tetrix L.) by exposing live black grouse to insects in field conditions. Fieldwork was conducted in northern and central Finland in 1995 and 1996. Among identified specimens (n = 493) we observed five...