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The Natural History of Flies

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1964 - Diptera - 324 pages

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A classic, Oldroyd has his own view of the flies world and evolution that reveals a deep, if idiosyncratic, knowledge. Read full review

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Contents

THE PATTERN OF FLIES
3
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES
12
CRANEFLIES
29
Copyright

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abdomen acalyptrate actively adapted adult flies African Agromyzidae animals appearance aquatic larvae Asilidae attack bats bee-flies bees behaviour biological birds biting black-flies blood bloodsucking blow-flies body Bombyliidae Brachycera breed Calliphora carnivorous Cecidomyiidae Chapter Chironomidae Chloropidae Chrysops crane-flies Cyclorrhapha decaying developed Diptera disease Dolichopodidae dung egg-laying eggs emerge Empididae Empids Ephydridae evolution evolutionary evolved eyes families of flies female flight flowers genera genus gnats habit habitats head Hippoboscidae horse-flies host hover-flies hovering insects known large numbers larvae larvae feed larvae live legs Lucilia maggot males mammals mandibles mating midges mosquitoes mouthparts Muscid Mycetophilidae Nematocera nests non-biting Nycteribiidae oxygen parasites perhaps Phorids piercing plants prey primitive proboscis pupae pupal pupate robber-flies seen Simulium skin soil sometimes species spiracles stage Stratiomyidae Streblidae sub-family suck surface swarms Syrphid Syrphidae Tabanidae Tabanus terrestrial thorax tion tissues tropical Trypetidae tsetse-flies vegetation wasps wings

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TitleThe Natural History of Flies
The World naturalist
AuthorHarold Oldroyd
PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson, 1964
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized9 May 2007
Length324 pages
  
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