Five genera and 32 species of Simuliidae (black fly) have been recorded. This applies to Project Metal Black, preventing the Black Fly spacecraft's use. New Zealand sandflies are in the genus "Austrosimulium", a type of black fly. The faucet snail is known in Eurasia to feed on black fly larvae. A midge or black fly ingests microfilariae during a blood meal. It notably consumes insect larvae, including mayfly, black fly, caddisfly, and midge larvae. Canadians use Growing Degree Days to predict when mosquitoes and black fly emerge and cease. The parasite lives on human skin and is transmitted to the black fly during feeding. Other common names include the superfluous black fly and tubercled black fly. This provides nutrition to the black fly larvae, as well as the bacteria. In 2014 he directed the thriller film Black Fly, his feature film debut. Robles hypothesized that the vector of the disease was the day-biting black fly, "Simulium". Music videos were shot for "Little Lie" (June 2011) and "Black Fly" (October 2011).