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Simulium, the vector of onchocerciasis and the cause of considerable nuisance in northern latitudes, is usually controlled by killing its aquatic stages by putting insecticides in a soluble form into the streams where they occur. This kills most of the other insects; the natural predatory suppressors of the Simulium larvae—the larvae of some of the stone flies and caddis flies—are removed, and unrestrained recolonization by Simulium may occur.
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Williams, T. R., Connolly, R. C., Hynes, H. B. N., and Kershaw, W. E., Nature, 189, 78 (1961).
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KERSHAW, W., WILLIAMS, T., FROST, S. et al. Selective Effect of Particulate Insecticides on Simulium among Stream Fauna. Nature 208, 199 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208199b0
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