Sgabba flies

Sgabba flies are alien bugs seen in the Farscape episode "A Prefect Murder." E'Alet produces the flies in a frill-like structure on the side of his head. Sgabba flies implant subliminal signals, allowing E'Alet to influence whoever the bug bites.
Falaak, prefect of 200 clans, hires E'Alet to use the bugs to kill off his political enemies. E'Alet sends the flies after the Moya crew, hoping he can make them kill the clan chieftans.
The flies are apparently more effective on the clanspeople, given their history of violence, compared to the Moya crew. E'Alet notes the crew requires more sgabba flies because they have no pre-existing motive to kill. Aeryn Sun, under control of E'Alet via the flies, does, however, kill seventeen people, including the prefect-elect Gaashah.
The only way to stop the effect of the flies is by killing their originator, E'Alet.
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Category:Farscape Culture