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Page 37
Another direction in which the short-palped crane-flies have gone further than
their bigger relatives is in moving towards a carnivorous diet. The larvae of
Tipulinae are essentially vegetarian, eating moss, algae, diatoms, rotting and
macerated ...
Another direction in which the short-palped crane-flies have gone further than
their bigger relatives is in moving towards a carnivorous diet. The larvae of
Tipulinae are essentially vegetarian, eating moss, algae, diatoms, rotting and
macerated ...
Page 64
Finally, the entire sub-family Tanypodinae are carnivorous as larvae, using their
efficient mandibles to pierce and devour the larvae of other insects. Besides
feeding on mosquito-larvae, they also eat many of the filter-feeding midges and
even ...
Finally, the entire sub-family Tanypodinae are carnivorous as larvae, using their
efficient mandibles to pierce and devour the larvae of other insects. Besides
feeding on mosquito-larvae, they also eat many of the filter-feeding midges and
even ...
Page 116
These larvae are carnivorous, having powerful mandibles and feeding on worms,
Crustacea, and small insects. They thus compare with the carnivorous aquatic
larvae of the Nematocera, but for the fact that the mandibles work up and down ...
These larvae are carnivorous, having powerful mandibles and feeding on worms,
Crustacea, and small insects. They thus compare with the carnivorous aquatic
larvae of the Nematocera, but for the fact that the mandibles work up and down ...
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Contents
THE PATTERN OF FLIES | 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 Muscid Mycetophilidae Nematocera nests non-biting Nycteribiidae 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Natural History of Flies The World naturalist |
| Author | Harold Oldroyd |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 May 2007 |
| Length | 324 pages |
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