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... Calliphora erythrocephala ( or vicina ) and C. vomitoria , and the greenbottle , Lucilia ( or Phaenicia ) sericata . Calliphora comes indoors more readily than Lucilia , and makes so much noise that the room seems full of them . It is ...
... Calliphora erythrocephala ( or vicina ) and C. vomitoria , and the greenbottle , Lucilia ( or Phaenicia ) sericata . Calliphora comes indoors more readily than Lucilia , and makes so much noise that the room seems full of them . It is ...
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... Calliphora larvae that have been sent to me were living in a cheese- and - tomato sandwich that had been kept too long in a café . They ate the cheese completely and grew fat on it , but ignored the tomato . When they are fully fed ...
... Calliphora larvae that have been sent to me were living in a cheese- and - tomato sandwich that had been kept too long in a café . They ate the cheese completely and grew fat on it , but ignored the tomato . When they are fully fed ...
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... Calliphora , and are remarkable by having the slits of the hind spiracles nearly vertical , and deeply sunken in a posterior cavity . Dealers in ' gentles ' , the larvae of Calliphora bred for use as bait by fishermen , look longingly ...
... Calliphora , and are remarkable by having the slits of the hind spiracles nearly vertical , and deeply sunken in a posterior cavity . Dealers in ' gentles ' , the larvae of Calliphora bred for use as bait by fishermen , look longingly ...
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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