Blue-Winged Olive vs Fuscipes Tsetse Fly

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Blue-Winged Olive Fuscipes Tsetse Fly
Scientific Name Baetis tricaudatus Glossina fuscipes
Order Ephemeroptera Diptera
Family Baetidae Glossinidae
Size 5-9 mm 7-10 mm
Habitat Rivers & Streams Rivers & Streams
Diet Omnivores Herbivores
Regions North America Central and East Africa, from Cameroon to Uganda
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Blue-Winged Olive

A small olive-colored mayfly with distinctive bluish-gray wings, abundant in clean streams across North America. It produces multiple generations per year.

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Did You Know?

Blue-winged olives are among the few mayflies that hatch in winter, providing vital food for trout during cold months.

Fuscipes Tsetse Fly

A small riverine tsetse fly that is the major vector of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in Central and East Africa. It inhabits riverine vegetation and lakeshores and is responsible for most human African trypanosomiasis cases. Multiple subspecies exist with different geographic ranges.

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Did You Know?

It is responsible for transmitting over 90 percent of human sleeping sickness cases, mostly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.