![The black fly colony is based around aquatic rearing units converted from salt water aquariums. The units incorporate a “runway” that serves as an artificial stream and provides the surface where the black fly larvae attach, develop and pupate.](https://secure.caes.uga.edu/news/multimedia/images/6120/black-fly-lab.jpeg)
UGA Black Fly Research Center receives second year of funding from NIH
The University of Georgia Black Fly Research and Resource Center has been awarded a contract for a second year of funding with the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).