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Page 155
... appearance . Some tiny flies , notably Pipunculidae and Drosophili- dae , hover equally competently , but they are so tiny that they are seldom noticed by anyone who is not specially looking for them . Males of some of the larger hover ...
... appearance . Some tiny flies , notably Pipunculidae and Drosophili- dae , hover equally competently , but they are so tiny that they are seldom noticed by anyone who is not specially looking for them . Males of some of the larger hover ...
Page 168
... appearance from either Stylogaster or the ant . One cannot say that the appearance of Conopids is never advanta- geous , but in the main the coincidence that wasp - like flies should parasitize Hymenoptera tells against the theory of ...
... appearance from either Stylogaster or the ant . One cannot say that the appearance of Conopids is never advanta- geous , but in the main the coincidence that wasp - like flies should parasitize Hymenoptera tells against the theory of ...
Page 220
... appearance , rather bare , and very much wrinkled and mottled , as if they were suffering from leprosy . Patton thought that this served to conceal them among the wool of sheep , but they also attack many other animals with much shorter ...
... appearance , rather bare , and very much wrinkled and mottled , as if they were suffering from leprosy . Patton thought that this served to conceal them among the wool of sheep , but they also attack many other animals with much shorter ...
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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