Life Cycle of the Tsetse Fly, The

Synopsis: Several of the 22 species of testse found in central Africa carry the trypanosome parasites that cause African sleeping sickness in man and ngana in cattle and other domestic animals. The video presents the life cycle of the tsetse fly: it does not lay eggs but gives birth to one living lava at a time. The lava burrows into the earth and pupates; when the pupa hatches the adult fly struggles to the surface and goes in search of its first blood meal. (9 minutes)
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1987
Notes: Reviewed by David Worley in ‘Journal of Biological Education’ Vol 25 No 2 (1991).
Uses: 6th-form and undergraduate biology. Pre-clinical medicine and veterinary studies.
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: Africa; sleeping sickness; tropical diseases; tsetse flies

Director

Douglas Fisher

Writer

L G Goodwin

Contributor

Douglas Fisher

Cast

L G Goodwin

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