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... evolutionary pattern , to interpret the ways of adults and larvae as devices to get more and richer food , to breed more quickly and to leave more descendants . The flies living today can with fair certainty be looked upon as two ...
... evolutionary pattern , to interpret the ways of adults and larvae as devices to get more and richer food , to breed more quickly and to leave more descendants . The flies living today can with fair certainty be looked upon as two ...
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... evolutionary advance , and declining in numbers . The bloodsuckers on the other hand , have found in the search for blood an evolutionary challenge , and have multiplied and flourished in their recent evolution . Whether they will ...
... evolutionary advance , and declining in numbers . The bloodsuckers on the other hand , have found in the search for blood an evolutionary challenge , and have multiplied and flourished in their recent evolution . Whether they will ...
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... evolutionary ' brushwood ' , a term that is an unintentional pun in this connection , because the flies concerned are to be found among trees , and their larvae , such as are known , live in rotting wood or in leaf - mould . There are ...
... evolutionary ' brushwood ' , a term that is an unintentional pun in this connection , because the flies concerned are to be found among trees , and their larvae , such as are known , live in rotting wood or in leaf - mould . There are ...
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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