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... soil , leaf - mould , rotting wood , those media that harbour so many dipterous larvae . The larvae have a small head , but well - developed mouthparts , and are said to be partly or wholly carni- vorous . The posterior end of the body ...
... soil , leaf - mould , rotting wood , those media that harbour so many dipterous larvae . The larvae have a small head , but well - developed mouthparts , and are said to be partly or wholly carni- vorous . The posterior end of the body ...
Page 216
... soil in great num- bers . They come out because a sudden rain - storm causes the soil to become waterlogged , and so the larvae come up for air . They are seen by householders , either wriggling across the concrete strip be- side the ...
... soil in great num- bers . They come out because a sudden rain - storm causes the soil to become waterlogged , and so the larvae come up for air . They are seen by householders , either wriggling across the concrete strip be- side the ...
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... soil outside the back door ( D ) . objective . In temperate countries leather - jackets , the larvae of crane- flies , come out of the garden soil in great numbers and sometimes move across paved and concreted areas , even entering ...
... soil outside the back door ( D ) . objective . In temperate countries leather - jackets , the larvae of crane- flies , come out of the garden soil in great numbers and sometimes move across paved and concreted areas , even entering ...
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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