Meet Nigeria’s human flycatchers luring bloodsucking insects in the name of science

Meet Nigeria’s human flycatchers luring bloodsucking insects in the name of science

People are the best option to capture black flies that cause the incurable disease of river blindness Every Monday and Tuesday morning, Bosede Oluwaokere, 48, wakes up at home in Ilorin city in west Nigeria, gets dressed and walks to a nearby stream. She sits beneath a tree and pulls her skirt up around her thighs. For the next six hours she stays in the same spot waiting for a specific type of fly to land on her, so she can catch it using a sma…