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... fact this is no more than alignment of parts of a number of normal veins in an unfamiliar pattern . Some of these flies , especially in the genus Nemestrinus itself ( figure 22 ) , have the tip of the wing Figure 22. Wing of the fly ...
... fact this is no more than alignment of parts of a number of normal veins in an unfamiliar pattern . Some of these flies , especially in the genus Nemestrinus itself ( figure 22 ) , have the tip of the wing Figure 22. Wing of the fly ...
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... fact has also made various species of Drosophila as much at home in the town as in the country , indoors or out , and these flies are often a domestic nuisance . D. repleta made a dramatic appearance in London restaurants and kitchens ...
... fact has also made various species of Drosophila as much at home in the town as in the country , indoors or out , and these flies are often a domestic nuisance . D. repleta made a dramatic appearance in London restaurants and kitchens ...
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... fact that these flies do not pierce the skin does not preclude their carrying disease , and in fact they were the earliest kinds of flies that were suspected of doing so . In the biblical account of the plague of flies , the fourth of ...
... fact that these flies do not pierce the skin does not preclude their carrying disease , and in fact they were the earliest kinds of flies that were suspected of doing so . In the biblical account of the plague of flies , the fourth of ...
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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