Galapagos Invasive Species

What is an invasive species

An invasive species is an specie that had been introduced to an ecosystem,

this can affect the ecosystem because the start to change the food chain of the ecosystem and can lead to a to a destruction of a hall ecosystem. This species have been introduced by humans getting to some new place or because the animals have run away.

Galapagos

Galapagos is an archipelago made of 13 big islands 6 smaller islands and 107 rocks. This islands emerged about 4 to 5 million years ago because volcanic eruptions. It was declared national park and as a world herniated site in the year 1978.

Biting Black Fly

They are transmitters, of diseases around the world, including river blindness in humans

The black fly feed them self from nectar of flowers but only females are attracted to people and animals as birds reptiles mammals etc. They need the blood because the produce the eggs, they need blood so the can be developed.

The female fly injects saliva into the skin, which is highly irritating and leads to inflammation and itching. Some species of Black Flies have painful bites, often prompting a burning sensation in the prey.

The first time that the Black fly was recoded was on the year 1989 in San Cristobal island it has been sometimes reported in a few other archipelago islands like Santiago, Floreana and Isabela.

Impact and Arrival

Black flies also impact badly on cattle farming as the bites of flies distract animals from eating , which brings as result, a reduction of milk and meat production. The presence of these flies could also put off tourists from going to the island.

Control
They had taken control of the fly by putting chemical products that have controlled the population of it, But the problem of having this chemical is that until now is there so it has been polluting the ecosystem.

They replaced the chemical with less polluting components is less of a dangerous for the environment . Since 1999 most of the objectives in the project have been achieved, although it is necessary to continue monitoring at some study zones in order to obtain reliable data for evaluating the use of the black fly , to control this invasive species.

Bibliography
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/invasive.html http://www.saberia.com/2009/12/cuantas-son-las-islas-galapagos/ http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/advice/mosquito-info/biting-insectlibrary/black-flies

http://www.hear.org/galapagos/invasives/topics/management/invertebrate
s/projects/fly.htm