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May 25, 2026
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There really are more blackflies in Nova Scotia this year, but why?
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Blackflies are seen in a wooded area near Ingramport on Friday. PHOTO BY TIM KROCHAK /Chronicle Herald Article content It isn’t just everyone’s imagination, the blackflies really are worse in Nova Scotia this year. Article content Dalhousie professor Paul Manning from the university’s faculty of agriculture specializes in the study of insects and he describes why the annoying bugs seem to be more overwhelming than ever this spring. Article content Article content “Basically with insects, everything they do is tied to temperature,” Manning said. “The prolonged cold we had all the way through Fe…
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