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... Simulium , season . ' A few people have been known to remain in- doors for several weeks on end during a bad nimitti season . ' Black - flies are remarkably persistent in their attacks , and they often surround their victim as a milling ...
... Simulium , season . ' A few people have been known to remain in- doors for several weeks on end during a bad nimitti season . ' Black - flies are remarkably persistent in their attacks , and they often surround their victim as a milling ...
Page 70
... Simulium that are known to carry the disease onchocerciasis ( see Chapter 19 ) , S. damnosum can be found breeding in a variety of situations , in cascades and rapids , and sometimes in the sluggish lower reaches of rivers . Indeed ...
... Simulium that are known to carry the disease onchocerciasis ( see Chapter 19 ) , S. damnosum can be found breeding in a variety of situations , in cascades and rapids , and sometimes in the sluggish lower reaches of rivers . Indeed ...
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... Simulium reported in the magazine Nature that they had found a batch of eggs of Simulium attached to a dragonfly nymph in Southern Rhodesia . The larvae from these eggs were like those of S. adersi , which was also common on rocks in ...
... Simulium reported in the magazine Nature that they had found a batch of eggs of Simulium attached to a dragonfly nymph in Southern Rhodesia . The larvae from these eggs were like those of S. adersi , which was also common on rocks in ...
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THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
CRANEFLIES | 29 |
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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 Muscidae Mycetophilidae Nematocera nests non-biting Nycteribiidae organic 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