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... genus Tipula itself have a variety of habitats , besides eating the roots of our lawn - grass and seedling plants . In fact one species or another can be found in all the habitats from de- caying wood , through moss , earth , and mud ...
... genus Tipula itself have a variety of habitats , besides eating the roots of our lawn - grass and seedling plants . In fact one species or another can be found in all the habitats from de- caying wood , through moss , earth , and mud ...
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... genus Hippobosca attacks the ostrich , though all the others of this genus are external parasites of mammals : apparently it treats ostriches as if they were merely feathered relatives of the ungulate mammals with which they roam the ...
... genus Hippobosca attacks the ostrich , though all the others of this genus are external parasites of mammals : apparently it treats ostriches as if they were merely feathered relatives of the ungulate mammals with which they roam the ...
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... genus Thyridanthrax cer- tain African species are internal parasites of the pupae of tsetse - flies . The tsetse ... genus of bee- flies without functional mouthparts , although none of those pre- viously known were nearly so big ...
... genus Thyridanthrax cer- tain African species are internal parasites of the pupae of tsetse - flies . The tsetse ... genus of bee- flies without functional mouthparts , although none of those pre- viously known were nearly so big ...
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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