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Page 57
... live in wet soil , and on the margins of salt lakes as well as of tidal waters . The ' terrestrial ' group of biting midges , as we have seen , is really an offshoot of the aquatic ones , and its larvae live in soggy places , in ...
... live in wet soil , and on the margins of salt lakes as well as of tidal waters . The ' terrestrial ' group of biting midges , as we have seen , is really an offshoot of the aquatic ones , and its larvae live in soggy places , in ...
Page 63
... lives , others have movable cases , and some live free in the mud . A few adventurous types attach themselves to the larvae of mayflies and other aquatic insects and live as ' commensals ' , which is a polite term for eating the crumbs ...
... lives , others have movable cases , and some live free in the mud . A few adventurous types attach themselves to the larvae of mayflies and other aquatic insects and live as ' commensals ' , which is a polite term for eating the crumbs ...
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... live , in the manner of mosquito larvae . Since they eat protozoa and tiny invertebrates they technically rank as carnivores , in part at least . There is really no clear distinction between these and the land - scavengers such as ...
... live , in the manner of mosquito larvae . Since they eat protozoa and tiny invertebrates they technically rank as carnivores , in part at least . There is really no clear distinction between these and the land - scavengers such as ...
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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