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Page 105
... close to the larval habitat , though those of Ancala and Lepiselaga as we have seen are fully aquatic , and have the thoracic spiracles drawn out into respiratory ' ears ' , something like those of mosquito pupae . Most horse - fly ...
... close to the larval habitat , though those of Ancala and Lepiselaga as we have seen are fully aquatic , and have the thoracic spiracles drawn out into respiratory ' ears ' , something like those of mosquito pupae . Most horse - fly ...
Page 125
... close mimics of the big carpenter - bees of the genus Xylocopa . The bees make their cells in burrows in wood , old trees , dry stems , and the structural timbers of fences and build- ings . The larvae of the flies live in smaller ...
... close mimics of the big carpenter - bees of the genus Xylocopa . The bees make their cells in burrows in wood , old trees , dry stems , and the structural timbers of fences and build- ings . The larvae of the flies live in smaller ...
Page 128
... close relatives . Mydaidae have much the same general appearance as Asilidae , but with a number of structural peculiarities that systematists would regard as primitive . They are like those robber - flies that resemble bees and wasps ...
... close relatives . Mydaidae have much the same general appearance as Asilidae , but with a number of structural peculiarities that systematists would regard as primitive . They are like those robber - flies that resemble bees and wasps ...
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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