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... already that the great problem is to compress it into a book . When I began , it was my intention to avoid the systematic approach , with its insistence on classification and arrangement . I wanted to talk in a general way about living ...
... already that the great problem is to compress it into a book . When I began , it was my intention to avoid the systematic approach , with its insistence on classification and arrangement . I wanted to talk in a general way about living ...
Page 190
... already diseased would eat the rotting tissue and leave the rest , but larvae placed on a healthy plant would mine into it . He considers that these larvae are in process of evolving from compost - feeders to true plant - feeders ...
... already diseased would eat the rotting tissue and leave the rest , but larvae placed on a healthy plant would mine into it . He considers that these larvae are in process of evolving from compost - feeders to true plant - feeders ...
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... already visualized the evolu- tion of the flesh - feeding habit in larvae as part of the search for more concentrated protein . The most highly evolved , no doubt , are the Oestridae , the larvae of which , as we have seen , live ...
... already visualized the evolu- tion of the flesh - feeding habit in larvae as part of the search for more concentrated protein . The most highly evolved , no doubt , are the Oestridae , the larvae of which , as we have seen , live ...
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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