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... male horse - flies that are seen in collections were mostly taken while they were sitting on vegetation , fences , posts , and so on . Often , though not invariably , these are newly emerged males hardening off . The best opportunity to ...
... male horse - flies that are seen in collections were mostly taken while they were sitting on vegetation , fences , posts , and so on . Often , though not invariably , these are newly emerged males hardening off . The best opportunity to ...
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... males of most species and of the females of some . Males of the genus Microsania are the ' smoke - flies ' , which mys- teriously appear in the smoke of wood fires out of doors . It is one of the oddities of nature that these flies , so ...
... males of most species and of the females of some . Males of the genus Microsania are the ' smoke - flies ' , which mys- teriously appear in the smoke of wood fires out of doors . It is one of the oddities of nature that these flies , so ...
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... males meet in a swarm which is conspicuous to the females , and they visit the swarm to find a mate . While this certainly does occur , and while it is true that most swarms are predominantly male , many modern observers doubt whether ...
... males meet in a swarm which is conspicuous to the females , and they visit the swarm to find a mate . While this certainly does occur , and while it is true that most swarms are predominantly male , many modern observers doubt whether ...
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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