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... fly ; ( b ) female horse - fly ; ( c ) house - fly feeding on a lump of sugar The shape of flies : ( a ) a slender , loose - limbed crane - fly ; ( b ) a sturdy , compact hover - fly ; ( c ) dung - flies 3 The eyes of flies : ( a ) male ...
... fly ; ( b ) female horse - fly ; ( c ) house - fly feeding on a lump of sugar The shape of flies : ( a ) a slender , loose - limbed crane - fly ; ( b ) a sturdy , compact hover - fly ; ( c ) dung - flies 3 The eyes of flies : ( a ) male ...
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Harold Oldroyd. Chapter 13 Hover - Flies HOVERING , THE ABILITY to keep the body motionless in mid - air , is probably the most characteristic ability of flies and is practised by some of the most primitive , as well as by some of the ...
Harold Oldroyd. Chapter 13 Hover - Flies HOVERING , THE ABILITY to keep the body motionless in mid - air , is probably the most characteristic ability of flies and is practised by some of the most primitive , as well as by some of the ...
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... flies ' in some books . Although about five hundred species are known from all over the world , they are nowhere familiar insects . Some are over an inch long , but they are much less conspicuous than hover - flies because they spend ...
... flies ' in some books . Although about five hundred species are known from all over the world , they are nowhere familiar insects . Some are over an inch long , but they are much less conspicuous than hover - flies because they spend ...
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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