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Page 97
... Tabanus start at this size and range upwards to about 25 mm , and are broad and heavy in proportion . When such a fly bites , it makes an appreciable hole , and when it withdraws its stylets a drop of blood usually oozes out . The soft ...
... Tabanus start at this size and range upwards to about 25 mm , and are broad and heavy in proportion . When such a fly bites , it makes an appreciable hole , and when it withdraws its stylets a drop of blood usually oozes out . The soft ...
Page 99
... Tabanus , the very large genus into which most horse - flies are still grouped , is apparently older than Haematopota , and more catholic in its tastes . It likes horses as well as cattle , and will also attack such unpromising subjects ...
... Tabanus , the very large genus into which most horse - flies are still grouped , is apparently older than Haematopota , and more catholic in its tastes . It likes horses as well as cattle , and will also attack such unpromising subjects ...
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... Tabanus are generally less aquatic than those of Chrysops , and occur in the wet mud and sand on the banks of streams , in damp soil away from water , and in rotting wood . The European Tabanus glaucopis is particularly associated with ...
... Tabanus are generally less aquatic than those of Chrysops , and occur in the wet mud and sand on the banks of streams , in damp soil away from water , and in rotting wood . The European Tabanus glaucopis is particularly associated with ...
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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