A sandfly's supper

Sandflies / namu (Austrosimulium spp.) at Supper Cove, Dusky Sound

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Window at Supper Cove Hut
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Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound
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A sandfly's supper 1 of 4. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h 9:09' 06''
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A sandfly's supper 2 of 4. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:09' 39"
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A sandfly's supper 3 of 4. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:10' 01"
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A sandfly's supper 4 of 4. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:10' 57"
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How is it that we can spend hours killing all the sandflies in a hut, and there's always more coming in? Simple - these little critters can squeeze through the mesh of an insect screen!
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Caught in the act - squeezing through the mesh of the insect screen to enter the hut. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound.
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A sandfly's supper 1 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:26' 23"
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A sandfly's supper 2 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:27' 04"
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A sandfly's supper 3 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:27' 32"
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A sandfly's supper 4 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:27' 58"
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A sandfly's supper 5 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:28' 30"
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A sandfly's supper 6 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:29' 00"
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A sandfly's supper 7 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:29' 42"
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A sandfly's supper 8 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:30' 03"
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A sandfly's supper 9 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:30' 27"
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A sandfly's supper 10 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:30' 52"
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A sandfly's supper 11 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:31' 23"
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A sandfly's supper 12 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:31' 59"
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A sandfly's supper 13 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:32' 20"
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A sandfly's supper 14 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:33' 04"
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A sandfly's supper 15 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:33' 36"
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A sandfly's supper 16 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:34' 01"
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A sandfly's supper 17 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:34' 26"
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A sandfly's supper 18 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:34' 56"
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A sandfly's supper 19 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:35' 17"
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A sandfly's supper 20 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:35' 32"
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A sandfly's supper 21 of 21. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. h9:36' 08"
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Through the glass. Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound.
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Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound.
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Sandfly / namu (Austrosimulium spp.), Supper Cove, Dusky Sound.
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