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Page 62
... body . The rest of the body is generally smooth and cylindrical , except for a two - fold proleg ( false leg , or pseudopod ) on the pro- thorax , and a cluster of appendages at the rear of the body : paired prolegs , and often two sets ...
... body . The rest of the body is generally smooth and cylindrical , except for a two - fold proleg ( false leg , or pseudopod ) on the pro- thorax , and a cluster of appendages at the rear of the body : paired prolegs , and often two sets ...
Page 138
... body of a spider they grip by the head , and often stick out at right angles from the body , like bristles . The spider may kill some of them but others penetrate to the interior of the spider and devour it slowly . It is said that the ...
... body of a spider they grip by the head , and often stick out at right angles from the body , like bristles . The spider may kill some of them but others penetrate to the interior of the spider and devour it slowly . It is said that the ...
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... body , particularly by being swallowed . - - There is no space here to attempt a catalogue of the flies that in- vade the human body , which are admirably presented in James's monograph ; the paper by Jacobs [ 147 ] gives some early ...
... body , particularly by being swallowed . - - There is no space here to attempt a catalogue of the flies that in- vade the human body , which are admirably presented in James's monograph ; the paper by Jacobs [ 147 ] gives some early ...
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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