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... host . It is thought that the very young larva , which has penetrated through the intersegmental membrane of the abdomen of the host , lives on the blood of the body - cavity , and only later begins to destroy the tissues . Adult ...
... host . It is thought that the very young larva , which has penetrated through the intersegmental membrane of the abdomen of the host , lives on the blood of the body - cavity , and only later begins to destroy the tissues . Adult ...
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... host animal , but most of them show some preference , possibly dictated as much by the size and movements of the host as by its zoological classification . Tsetse are known as day - biters , but some at least bite a little at night ...
... host animal , but most of them show some preference , possibly dictated as much by the size and movements of the host as by its zoological classification . Tsetse are known as day - biters , but some at least bite a little at night ...
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... hosts , and few , if any , are physiologically confined to one host in the sense of being unable to tolerate any other blood . As with fleas , and perhaps other parasites , it is really the host's habitat to which the parasite is ...
... hosts , and few , if any , are physiologically confined to one host in the sense of being unable to tolerate any other blood . As with fleas , and perhaps other parasites , it is really the host's habitat to which the parasite is ...
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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