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Psychodidae from Tbilisi
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Posted on 04-10-2010 13:38
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 Hello,
Is it possible to identify this Sandfly from Georgia?
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 Depends where you found it - if on a toilet wall, almost certainly the cosmopolitan Clogmia albipunctata
 
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 Many thanks Phil. I found it on bath room wall, humid enough. Does Clogmia albipunctata carry any disease?
 
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 NO
 
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 It's a non-phlebotomine (non-biting) psychodid
 
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 Thanks again Phil.
 
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