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Sandfly

Extreme close-up of a sandfly biting human skin.

A namu or sandfly (Austrosimulium australense , the New Zealand black fly). In some pūrākau, namu (sandflies) and waeroa (mosquitoes) were inflicted upon humans after Tūmatauenga, the ancestor of all humans, killed Namuiria, the first sandfly.

Rights: Saryu Mae, CC BY 4.0
Published: 10 September 2024,Updated: 7 March 2024Size: 1.5 MB