The stripes actual purpose is most likely to confuse bloodthirsty biting flies.

条纹的实际目的最有可能的迷惑嗜血的咬人苍蝇。

The virus is spread to humans by small biting flies called midges, and by some kinds of mosquitoes.

该病毒通过称为蠓的小咬蝇和某些种类的蚊子传播给人类。

But crediting the aperture effect's ability to discombobulate biting flies appears to be flawed-because the researchers found that checked surfaces were just as effective at repelling flies as were stripes.

但是，认为孔径效应能够让叮咬的苍蝇感到困惑似乎是有缺陷的——因为研究人员发现，格子状的表面和条纹状的表面在驱赶苍蝇方面同样有效。

Researchers discovered an ancient strain of a malaria-like parasite, frozen in time in the digestive system of a biting fly that was trapped in amber 100 million years ago.

研究人员发现了一种类似疟疾的寄生虫的古老菌株，它及时冻结在 1 亿年前被困在琥珀中的叮咬苍蝇的消化系统中。