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Index of Subjects --001a11c1ec1672c4ae05008391b8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 There is a huge literature on colour preference in biting flies, mostly centred around the agricultural pests. For many species, black is the number one preference, followed by other dark colours. When I teach field biology I warn the students to choose lighter coloured clothing...but fashion takes precedence, and many come in wearing the black leggings anyway. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 13 August 2014 08:53, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > When I walk the Labs during Deer Fly season. Jack (black) will end up with > Deer Flies all over him while Jill (yellow) does not get bothered at all. > These Corkums Island, Lun Co, tabanids seem to prefer dark colours. > > Nancy > > > Subject: [NatureNS] Nature Notes > > > --001a11c1ec1672c4ae05008391b8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">There is a huge literature on colour preference in biting = flies, mostly centred around the agricultural pests. For many species, blac= k is the number one preference, followed by other dark colours. When I teac= h field biology I warn the students to choose lighter coloured clothing...b= ut fashion takes precedence, and many come in wearing the black leggings an= yway.<div> <br></div><div>Randy<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div>_= ________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>An= tigonish County, NS.</div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 13 August 2014 08:53, nancy dowd <spa= n dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank"= >nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q= uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e= x"> When I walk the Labs during Deer Fly season. Jack (black) will end up with = Deer Flies all over him while Jill (yellow) does not get bothered at all. T= hese Corkums Island, Lun Co, tabanids seem to prefer dark colours.<br> <br> Nancy<br><br> > Subject: [NatureNS] Nature Notes<br><br> <br> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div> --001a11c1ec1672c4ae05008391b8--
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