The Natural History of Flies |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 39
Page 181
... birds are attractive to a variety of insects , because they provide at the same time shelter , concealment , a supply of highly nutritious guano , and the opportunity to attack the birds themselves . Nestling birds are particularly ...
... birds are attractive to a variety of insects , because they provide at the same time shelter , concealment , a supply of highly nutritious guano , and the opportunity to attack the birds themselves . Nestling birds are particularly ...
Page 230
... birds , and ' keds ' on mammals , the latter especially the wingless species . There is a growing fashion for ... birds ; fringillina the small birds of the hedgerows ; and lagopodis , a fly first recognized on the red grouse in Scotland ...
... birds , and ' keds ' on mammals , the latter especially the wingless species . There is a growing fashion for ... birds ; fringillina the small birds of the hedgerows ; and lagopodis , a fly first recognized on the red grouse in Scotland ...
Page 231
... birds of tropical seas carry with them their own parasite , Olfersia spinifera , which they pass between themselves when they nest . On the rare occasions when these magnificent birds are carried away by storms and turn up , for example ...
... birds of tropical seas carry with them their own parasite , Olfersia spinifera , which they pass between themselves when they nest . On the rare occasions when these magnificent birds are carried away by storms and turn up , for example ...
Contents
THE PATTERN OF FLIES 32 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
CRANEFLIES | 29 |
Copyright | |
17 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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