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Page 213
... common characteristic is that their larvae feed on animal protein in one form or another , living or dead , without the vegetarian members that occur in the Muscidae . Because of their widely varied structure and habits they have been ...
... common characteristic is that their larvae feed on animal protein in one form or another , living or dead , without the vegetarian members that occur in the Muscidae . Because of their widely varied structure and habits they have been ...
Page 225
... common European snail Helicella ( Heli- comanes ) virgata , ignoring five other common snails , some of the same genus , which were to be found in the same places . The eggs are laid in the mantle cavity of the snail , 225 BLOW - FLIES ...
... common European snail Helicella ( Heli- comanes ) virgata , ignoring five other common snails , some of the same genus , which were to be found in the same places . The eggs are laid in the mantle cavity of the snail , 225 BLOW - FLIES ...
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... common fly at all seasons of the year . That the house - fly has become less common in towns and ' conurbations ' must be explained by better disposal of waste , since all Haines ' materials are the sort of thing that modern urban ...
... common fly at all seasons of the year . That the house - fly has become less common in towns and ' conurbations ' must be explained by better disposal of waste , since all Haines ' materials are the sort of thing that modern urban ...
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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