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... numbers . Short - palped crane - flies are probably more abundant in the ... large daddy - long - legs find it difficult to maintain control in strong ... large number of species with reduced wings , or no wings at all , which are found ...
... numbers . Short - palped crane - flies are probably more abundant in the ... large daddy - long - legs find it difficult to maintain control in strong ... large number of species with reduced wings , or no wings at all , which are found ...
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... large numbers in rotting potatoes or other vegetable refuse . From ancestors living in such compost - like materials , evolution has commonly progressed in three directions . Some descendants have moved into wetter localities , and ...
... large numbers in rotting potatoes or other vegetable refuse . From ancestors living in such compost - like materials , evolution has commonly progressed in three directions . Some descendants have moved into wetter localities , and ...
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... large numbers of , 50 locusts , flies feeding on , 226 numbers laid by flies , 15 ornamental shell of , 15 , fig . 6 production of , 15 protection against rain , 15 large and few , 151 respiration of , 15 , fig . 6 robber - flies , 127 ...
... large numbers of , 50 locusts , flies feeding on , 226 numbers laid by flies , 15 ornamental shell of , 15 , fig . 6 production of , 15 protection against rain , 15 large and few , 151 respiration of , 15 , fig . 6 robber - flies , 127 ...
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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