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... decaying vegetable matter of a compost - like nature , occasionally damaging stored root - crops and tubers . As we shall see , this habit is characteristic of the group of Nematocera centring round the Mycetophilidae , the ' land ...
... decaying vegetable matter of a compost - like nature , occasionally damaging stored root - crops and tubers . As we shall see , this habit is characteristic of the group of Nematocera centring round the Mycetophilidae , the ' land ...
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... decaying vege- table matter , or in dung . That is , they take us a stage further back before the sophisticated breeding habits of the Trypetidae had been evolved . - Among these are the odd stalk - eyed flies Achias and so on that we ...
... decaying vege- table matter , or in dung . That is , they take us a stage further back before the sophisticated breeding habits of the Trypetidae had been evolved . - Among these are the odd stalk - eyed flies Achias and so on that we ...
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... decaying vegetable matter , 172 on seashore , 145 Ceratopogonid larvae in , 57 decaying wood , 18 , 34 , 39 deer - 306 INDEX.
... decaying vegetable matter , 172 on seashore , 145 Ceratopogonid larvae in , 57 decaying wood , 18 , 34 , 39 deer - 306 INDEX.
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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