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... Phorids of more or less free - living habit are very uniform in appearance and are classified , with difficulty , by details of the arrangement of bristles , especially those on the legs . Those flies that have taken up an unusually ...
... Phorids of more or less free - living habit are very uniform in appearance and are classified , with difficulty , by details of the arrangement of bristles , especially those on the legs . Those flies that have taken up an unusually ...
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... Phorids are common everywhere . When they are seen on windows , or are collected with other insects in a net or on occasion make a nuisance of themselves by swarming indoors , they can be recognized by their peculiar scrabbling sort of ...
... Phorids are common everywhere . When they are seen on windows , or are collected with other insects in a net or on occasion make a nuisance of themselves by swarming indoors , they can be recognized by their peculiar scrabbling sort of ...
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... Phorid larvae have become parasites by attacking living tissues . Earthworms and beetle - larvae are recorded as having ... Phorids Plastophora and Apocephalus lay eggs on the ants Solenopsis and Camponotus respectively and their larvae ...
... Phorid larvae have become parasites by attacking living tissues . Earthworms and beetle - larvae are recorded as having ... Phorids Plastophora and Apocephalus lay eggs on the ants Solenopsis and Camponotus respectively and their larvae ...
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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