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... water - midges and gnats have inclined more towards an aquatic life , though , as I shall point out from time to time , most of these larvae really live in a marginal Figure 9. The ovipositor of a robber - fly , compressed and ...
... water - midges and gnats have inclined more towards an aquatic life , though , as I shall point out from time to time , most of these larvae really live in a marginal Figure 9. The ovipositor of a robber - fly , compressed and ...
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... aquatic larvae of non - biting midges are very much alike in their appearance , they have cultivated a wide variety of habitats . Some remain in their fixed cases all their lives , others have movable ... larvae of non - 63 WATER - MIDGES.
... aquatic larvae of non - biting midges are very much alike in their appearance , they have cultivated a wide variety of habitats . Some remain in their fixed cases all their lives , others have movable ... larvae of non - 63 WATER - MIDGES.
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... aquatic larvae , including the near relatives of this one , struggle against being wetted by water , and use the repellent action of an oily secretion to help them in this . We kill larvae of mosquitoes by suddenly replacing the water ...
... aquatic larvae , including the near relatives of this one , struggle against being wetted by water , and use the repellent action of an oily secretion to help them in this . We kill larvae of mosquitoes by suddenly replacing the water ...
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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