Tsetse fly (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes). This one is using its proboscis to feed on the blood of its host. This blood-sucking parasitic fly is found i

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Tsetse fly (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes). This one is using its proboscis to feed on the blood of its host. This blood-sucking parasitic fly is found in tropical Africa. It transmits Trypanosoma protozoa, which cause sleeping sickness in humans.

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