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... adult lives for a short time only for mating purposes ; and on the other hand in the tsetse - flies and the parasitic flies ( Chapter 18 ) , where adult life is everything and the larva , nurtured within the body of the mother , has ...
... adult lives for a short time only for mating purposes ; and on the other hand in the tsetse - flies and the parasitic flies ( Chapter 18 ) , where adult life is everything and the larva , nurtured within the body of the mother , has ...
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... adult fly inside . Often the adult features are shown clearly enough for the family to be recognized . The pupae also have well - developed adaptive structures to suit the needs of the pupal environment . Aquatic pupae , and those that ...
... adult fly inside . Often the adult features are shown clearly enough for the family to be recognized . The pupae also have well - developed adaptive structures to suit the needs of the pupal environment . Aquatic pupae , and those that ...
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... Adult female Blepharoceridae are mostly carnivorous , catching and devouring other insects in flight , like some Ceratopogonidae . Adult Deuterophlebiidae have reduced mouthparts , like the non- biting midges of the family Chironomidae ...
... Adult female Blepharoceridae are mostly carnivorous , catching and devouring other insects in flight , like some Ceratopogonidae . Adult Deuterophlebiidae have reduced mouthparts , like the non- biting midges of the family Chironomidae ...
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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