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Page 169
Conopid larvae are found in the abdomen of the host-insect, and ultimately grow
to occupy the whole of it. They pupate there inside the last larval skin, and
emerge by breaking open the skin of the dead host. Their parasitism is thus of the
...
Conopid larvae are found in the abdomen of the host-insect, and ultimately grow
to occupy the whole of it. They pupate there inside the last larval skin, and
emerge by breaking open the skin of the dead host. Their parasitism is thus of the
...
Page 209
Adult tsetses feed exclusively on the blood of vertebrates, mammals, birds, and
reptiles, and they feed from a living host. Occasionally they may probe recently
killed animals, but apparently they do not take blood from open wounds, as the ...
Adult tsetses feed exclusively on the blood of vertebrates, mammals, birds, and
reptiles, and they feed from a living host. Occasionally they may probe recently
killed animals, but apparently they do not take blood from open wounds, as the ...
Page 230
Broadly speaking, those that fly actively are found on a variety of 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
...
Broadly speaking, those that fly actively are found on a variety of 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
...
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Contents
THE PATTERN OF FLIES | 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 Muscid Mycetophilidae Nematocera nests non-biting Nycteribiidae 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Natural History of Flies The World naturalist |
| Author | Harold Oldroyd |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 May 2007 |
| Length | 324 pages |
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