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... later why they are given these names . Midges and Gnats ( Sub - Order Nematocera ) And the gnats are on the wing Wheeling round in airy ring MARY HOWITT The expression ' midges and gnats ' conjures up a picture of a swarm of tiny ...
... later why they are given these names . Midges and Gnats ( Sub - Order Nematocera ) And the gnats are on the wing Wheeling round in airy ring MARY HOWITT The expression ' midges and gnats ' conjures up a picture of a swarm of tiny ...
Page 78
... later abandoned bloodsucking , and feed only from flowers . This is true of the whole tribe Megarhinini , and individual species in the other two tribes have also ceased to bite . As we shall see again with the horse - flies in a later ...
... later abandoned bloodsucking , and feed only from flowers . This is true of the whole tribe Megarhinini , and individual species in the other two tribes have also ceased to bite . As we shall see again with the horse - flies in a later ...
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... later chapter . It was Keilin , again , who showed that the larvae live as parasites in earthworms of the genus Allolobophora . He des- cribes this life - history in great detail in several of his papers , and later workers have ...
... later chapter . It was Keilin , again , who showed that the larvae live as parasites in earthworms of the genus Allolobophora . He des- cribes this life - history in great detail in several of his papers , and later workers have ...
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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