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... give it coherence , and if it has a theme it must compare one group of flies with another . One could take all the ... gives a general outline , first of adult flies and then of early stages , eggs , larvae , and pupae . Part Two is the ...
... give it coherence , and if it has a theme it must compare one group of flies with another . One could take all the ... gives a general outline , first of adult flies and then of early stages , eggs , larvae , and pupae . Part Two is the ...
Page 66
... give a vivid impression of the effect of these flies on human activities , es- pecially in the Sudan . He shows photographs of men carrying , and even wearing , masses of smouldering rope to give a 66 BLACK-FLIES.
... give a vivid impression of the effect of these flies on human activities , es- pecially in the Sudan . He shows photographs of men carrying , and even wearing , masses of smouldering rope to give a 66 BLACK-FLIES.
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... give little explanation of them except as ' old natural history ' ; ' -bottle ' , as in bluebottle , is sometimes explained as a diminutive of bot , but the connection is unlikely unless there is some faint implication that eating ...
... give little explanation of them except as ' old natural history ' ; ' -bottle ' , as in bluebottle , is sometimes explained as a diminutive of bot , but the connection is unlikely unless there is some faint implication that eating ...
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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