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Page 100
... flies ( Asilidae ) and by Bembex wasps . The high- speed drinking act may well be evolved as a protection against such attacks . The relatively few male horse - flies that are seen in collections were mostly taken while they were ...
... flies ( Asilidae ) and by Bembex wasps . The high- speed drinking act may well be evolved as a protection against such attacks . The relatively few male horse - flies that are seen in collections were mostly taken while they were ...
Page 101
... horse - flies that occur there , just as they were supposed to . I shall mention Haddow's work again , later , when we consider the general phenomenon of swarming in flies . It might be mentioned here that he begins to ... HORSE - FLIES.
... horse - flies that occur there , just as they were supposed to . I shall mention Haddow's work again , later , when we consider the general phenomenon of swarming in flies . It might be mentioned here that he begins to ... HORSE - FLIES.
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... horse - flies in the world . It is significant that none of them is aquatic , thus supporting my earlier contention that horse - flies are inclined as much to the land as to the water . Larvae of Scaptia vicina , a member of a large and ...
... horse - flies in the world . It is significant that none of them is aquatic , thus supporting my earlier contention that horse - flies are inclined as much to the land as to the water . Larvae of Scaptia vicina , a member of a large and ...
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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