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... leaf as a body , laying a carpet of eggs that was esti- mated to contain as many as 50,000 on one leaf ! These leaves were hanging down , dangling in the water , and seemed to be unusually attractive to flies . Muirhead - Thompson ...
... leaf as a body , laying a carpet of eggs that was esti- mated to contain as many as 50,000 on one leaf ! These leaves were hanging down , dangling in the water , and seemed to be unusually attractive to flies . Muirhead - Thompson ...
Page 194
... leaf - mining as a larval habit , and in the present group we have the family Agromyzidae as the leading exponents of it . Leaf - miners normally feed upon the parenchyma of leaves , leaving the epidermis of both surfaces intact ...
... leaf - mining as a larval habit , and in the present group we have the family Agromyzidae as the leading exponents of it . Leaf - miners normally feed upon the parenchyma of leaves , leaving the epidermis of both surfaces intact ...
Page 313
... leaf - axils of plants , 90 leaf - feeding larvae of crane - flies , 33 leaf - galls , 195 leaf - hoppers , parasitized by Pipunculidae , 165 leaf - miners , 258 mines , structure of , 194 , fig . 32 mining , families of flies concerned ...
... leaf - axils of plants , 90 leaf - feeding larvae of crane - flies , 33 leaf - galls , 195 leaf - hoppers , parasitized by Pipunculidae , 165 leaf - miners , 258 mines , structure of , 194 , fig . 32 mining , families of flies concerned ...
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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