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... actively tunnel into the wood , and do not merely occupy burrows made by beetles and other insects . As we have said , the adult moth - flies are non - biting and entirely harmless , though they can be a pest if they occur in great ...
... actively tunnel into the wood , and do not merely occupy burrows made by beetles and other insects . As we have said , the adult moth - flies are non - biting and entirely harmless , though they can be a pest if they occur in great ...
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... actively egg- laying . The egg is dropped near the burrow of a solitary bee or wasp , and it has been suggested that the fly flips it into the opening , with the technique used by low - flying bombers when attacking railway tunnels ...
... actively egg- laying . The egg is dropped near the burrow of a solitary bee or wasp , and it has been suggested that the fly flips it into the opening , with the technique used by low - flying bombers when attacking railway tunnels ...
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Harold Oldroyd. Trypetidae is not used very actively to pierce tissues , but merely serves to insert the eggs into the flower - head , or through a crack in the rind of a fruit . It is a feature of this group of families , along with ...
Harold Oldroyd. Trypetidae is not used very actively to pierce tissues , but merely serves to insert the eggs into the flower - head , or through a crack in the rind of a fruit . It is a feature of this group of families , along 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