UnknownOnderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa)2009-03-022009-03-0219002009-03-02ovi_p848http://hdl.handle.net/2263/9085Black/white photo. Original document size: (w)7 x (h)4.64 cm. Original scanned size: 433 kb JPEG, 600 dpi. Final web-ready size: 53.8 kb. Estimate download time: 20 sec @ 28.8 kbps. Original TIFF file housed at the Dept. Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria.Metadata assigned by Prof. R.C. Tustin, Professor Emeritus: DVTD. His academic and professional experience includes: veterinarian for 54 years, senior lecturer at UP for 7 years, head of Department at UP for 17 years and Veterinary Council for 3 years.Female tsetse flies deposit larvae in soft ground in shady places. The larvae moult to form pupae from which adult flies eventually emerge. The flies (male and female) then seek a blood meal. The mean life span of a male fly is about four weeks and that of a female about eight weeks. Flies detect the odours of their prey by means of sensilla situated on their antannae.©Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (Original) ©University of Pretoria. Dept of Veterinary Tropical Diseases (Digital) Provided for educational purposes only. It may not be downloaded, reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the original copyright holder. Any attempt to circumvent the access controls placed on this file is a violation of copyright laws and is subject to criminal prosecution. Please contact the collection administrator for copyright issues.NaganaFliesBlood-sucking fliesTrypanosomesGlossinaZululandTrypanosomiasis in animals -- South AfricaVeterinary protozoology -- South AfricaTsetse-fliesTrypanosomiasisBreeding sitesStill Image