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... emerge into the air and avoid being wetted . Some black - flies of the family Simuliidae , the most completely aqua- tic of flies , actually emerge as adults under water , swim to the surface , and fly off immediately . This is an ...
... emerge into the air and avoid being wetted . Some black - flies of the family Simuliidae , the most completely aqua- tic of flies , actually emerge as adults under water , swim to the surface , and fly off immediately . This is an ...
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... emerge from the egg - shell until a particular stimulus has been received . Such eggs are resistant to frost and to desiccation , and usually begin to hatch only when they are immersed in water . A device similar to this is usual in ...
... emerge from the egg - shell until a particular stimulus has been received . Such eggs are resistant to frost and to desiccation , and usually begin to hatch only when they are immersed in water . A device similar to this is usual in ...
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... they expected to find round the tops of the giant trees that emerge here and there from the general level of the forest canopy . They were rewarded for their efforts when the flies chose the tower 264 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FLIES.
... they expected to find round the tops of the giant trees that emerge here and there from the general level of the forest canopy . They were rewarded for their efforts when the flies chose the tower 264 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FLIES.
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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