A lesser effect has been had, however, on reducing the populations of Buffalo fly.

He worked on the buffalo fly and sheep blow-fly problems.

Some cattle ear tags contain chemicals to control insects such as buffalo fly etc.

Haematobia exigua or buffalo fly is a pest fly from the family Muscidae.

Zouga asked again, and Jan Cheroot slapped his own neck where one of the buffalo flies had settled.

Lying under the mukusi tree, idly swatting at the buffalo flies, picking at the grass under his shirt, and harbouring his disappointment, Zouga watched the Hottentot work.

The request was made as the owner was unable to move his stock north through country infested with bush tick and new restrictions meant he was unable to move his cattle south because of pleuro-pneumonia and buffalo fly infestations.

April - Dung beetles released between Broome, Western Australia and Townsville, Queensland in the Australian Dung Beetle Project, led by Dr. George Bornemissza of the CSIRO in an attempt to control the buffalo fly.

It contains a riveting academic argument about the value of a CSIRO research programme on dung beetles, whether or not the native Australian dung beetle is efficient at removing dung and in the process eating the larvae of the buffalo fly, a scourge of cattle.

They would find the best shade and throw themselves down under it, sweating out the worst of the heat, trying to sleep when the buffalo flies would let them, but it was an effort to speak, an effort to wipe away the sweat that welled up on their bodies, and dried in white crystals on their skin and clothing.