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... blow - flies : ( a ) laid among the hairs of a dead mole ; ( b ) removed from the eye of a human corpse [ between pages 232 and 233 ] 25 Part of a human thigh , at the stage where larvae of Piophila nigriceps feed on it . 26 Flies ...
... blow - flies : ( a ) laid among the hairs of a dead mole ; ( b ) removed from the eye of a human corpse [ between pages 232 and 233 ] 25 Part of a human thigh , at the stage where larvae of Piophila nigriceps feed on it . 26 Flies ...
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Harold Oldroyd. Chapter 17 Blow - Flies , Bots and Warbles THE LAST GREAT GROUP of flies that remain to be considered might collectively be known as ' flesh - flies ' , if that term were not already in use for a limited section of them ...
Harold Oldroyd. Chapter 17 Blow - Flies , Bots and Warbles THE LAST GREAT GROUP of flies that remain to be considered might collectively be known as ' flesh - flies ' , if that term were not already in use for a limited section of them ...
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... blown ' meat , helps the process by concentrating the alkali from their com- bined droppings . Larvae of blow - flies will attack cooked meats , and those that have been frozen and thawed out , but they lose interest in a natural corpse ...
... blown ' meat , helps the process by concentrating the alkali from their com- bined droppings . Larvae of blow - flies will attack cooked meats , and those that have been frozen and thawed out , but they lose interest in a natural corpse ...
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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