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
Online availability
- URI
- http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk/record=b1665823
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Director
- Douglas Fisher
- Writer
- L G Goodwin
- Contributor
- Douglas Fisher
- Cast
L G Goodwin
Distributor
- Name
Wellcome Film
- misc@wellcome.ac.uk
- Web
- http://wellcomelibrary.org/about-us/about-the-collections/moving-image-and-sound-collection/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7611 8766
- Fax
- 020 7611 8577
- Address
- Moving Image & Sound Collections
Wellcome Library
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