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... biting and entirely harmless , though they can be a pest if they occur in great numbers ; like the adults of other midges , such as the Chironomidae , they breed in rivers like the Nile , and can cause asthmatical outbreaks in hot , dry ...
... biting and entirely harmless , though they can be a pest if they occur in great numbers ; like the adults of other midges , such as the Chironomidae , they breed in rivers like the Nile , and can cause asthmatical outbreaks in hot , dry ...
Page 58
... biting midges and non - biting midges is one that is easily appreciated in practice ! Entomologically , the biting midges , family Ceratopogonidae , include many that devour other insects , as well as those that attack warm - blooded ...
... biting midges and non - biting midges is one that is easily appreciated in practice ! Entomologically , the biting midges , family Ceratopogonidae , include many that devour other insects , as well as those that attack warm - blooded ...
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... biting activities give a good picture of her active day . Under natural conditions out of doors there seems to be a principal division into those that have one peak of biting activity in twenty - four hours , and those that have two ...
... biting activities give a good picture of her active day . Under natural conditions out of doors there seems to be a principal division into those that have one peak of biting activity in twenty - four hours , and those that have two ...
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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