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Page 86
... egg - laying routines are not rigidly fixed , and may vary in closely related species , and even in the same species ... egg - stage is seen . If the eggs had to be laid directly in water the mosquito would have to carry them round until ...
... egg - laying routines are not rigidly fixed , and may vary in closely related species , and even in the same species ... egg - stage is seen . If the eggs had to be laid directly in water the mosquito would have to carry them round until ...
Page 89
... egg - laying is simple , and no specially clever behaviour is needed , except the instinct to lay eggs in the sort of cavity that is likely to fill with water sooner or later . Then the egg lies dormant in diapause until immersion gives ...
... egg - laying is simple , and no specially clever behaviour is needed , except the instinct to lay eggs in the sort of cavity that is likely to fill with water sooner or later . Then the egg lies dormant in diapause until immersion gives ...
Page 127
... egg - laying habits , but all of these seem to be of more recent origin than the acanthophorites . They are par- ticularly common in the tribe Asilini , the most advanced of robber- flies , which commonly lay in crevices in growing ...
... egg - laying habits , but all of these seem to be of more recent origin than the acanthophorites . They are par- ticularly common in the tribe Asilini , the most advanced of robber- flies , which commonly lay in crevices in growing ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 32 | 3 |
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