blackfly

British

/ ˈblækˌflaɪ /

noun

Also called: bean aphid. a black aphid, Aphis fabae , that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants

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The 13th annual Adamant Blackfly Festival on Saturday includes a combination parade and fashion show, music and blackfly pie contest in which entries are judged on their taste and blackfly homage.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2016

The festival includes a combination parade and fashion show, with music and a blackfly pie contest where entries are judged on their taste and blackfly homage.

From US News • Jun. 3, 2016

Aphids - such as greenfly and blackfly - damage plants by sucking nutrients from their sap, and can also introduce plant viruses.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2015

But that isn’t the only reason Uganda has done so well: the country’s geography, combined with the peculiarities of the blackfly species that carries the parasites there also contributed.

From The Verge • Feb. 25, 2015

It was summer now, so the woods were a new and different place, alive with green and filled with birdsong and swarming mosquitoes and pesky blackfly.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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