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... attracted by a different set of odours , and so is not so prone to come indoors , and blow human foodstuffs ... attraction to L. sericata and L. cuprina is moist wool , and once these flies have established themselves in the fleece of a ...
... attracted by a different set of odours , and so is not so prone to come indoors , and blow human foodstuffs ... attraction to L. sericata and L. cuprina is moist wool , and once these flies have established themselves in the fleece of a ...
Page 266
... attraction of a male to a female [ by sound ] can only occur in relative isolation and not amongst a crowd or swarm ... attracted either by the swirling movement or by the smell , though Kessel has recently shown that scent attracts ...
... attraction of a male to a female [ by sound ] can only occur in relative isolation and not amongst a crowd or swarm ... attracted either by the swirling movement or by the smell , though Kessel has recently shown that scent attracts ...
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... attracted to , 250 boggy places , larvae in , 162 Bohart , G. E. and Gressitt , J. L. , 185 boils caused by fly - larvae , 218 Bombomima , 126 Bombus species imitated by Volucella bombylans , 159 orientalis , mimicked by Lycastris , 159 ...
... attracted to , 250 boggy places , larvae in , 162 Bohart , G. E. and Gressitt , J. L. , 185 boils caused by fly - larvae , 218 Bombomima , 126 Bombus species imitated by Volucella bombylans , 159 orientalis , mimicked by Lycastris , 159 ...
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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