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Page 121
... eyes are always far enough apart to indicate distance according to which facets of each eye can see the prey . Experimental work such as the classic observations of Melin [ 203 ] suggests that robber - flies detect moving objects and ...
... eyes are always far enough apart to indicate distance according to which facets of each eye can see the prey . Experimental work such as the classic observations of Melin [ 203 ] suggests that robber - flies detect moving objects and ...
Page 143
... eyes are nearly always separated in both sexes . The touching eyes of many male flies are clearly associated with swarming flight , and aerial mating dances , and not to the mundane capture of prey , whether on foot or in the air ...
... eyes are nearly always separated in both sexes . The touching eyes of many male flies are clearly associated with swarming flight , and aerial mating dances , and not to the mundane capture of prey , whether on foot or in the air ...
Page 308
... eye - flies ' , 188 , 191 ' eye - gnats ' , 255 eye , human , Loa loa in , 247 eyes of flies , IO ability to detect movement , 121 of Empididae , 138 , 141 enlarged in male flies , 59 , fig . 14 , 166 extreme reduction of , 151 , 237 ...
... eye - flies ' , 188 , 191 ' eye - gnats ' , 255 eye , human , Loa loa in , 247 eyes of flies , IO ability to detect movement , 121 of Empididae , 138 , 141 enlarged in male flies , 59 , fig . 14 , 166 extreme reduction of , 151 , 237 ...
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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