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... mandibles have declined on a fully carbohydrate diet , and of course have been unable to resort to bloodsucking because they have no means of piercing the skin . The bloodsucking groups in contrast , have flourished . One small group of ...
... mandibles have declined on a fully carbohydrate diet , and of course have been unable to resort to bloodsucking because they have no means of piercing the skin . The bloodsucking groups in contrast , have flourished . One small group of ...
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... mandibles and maxillae . When we meet blood- sucking flies again , they will have taken up the habit afresh , and , having lost their mandibles and maxillae , will have had to adapt their remaining mouthparts for piercing the skin . The ...
... mandibles and maxillae . When we meet blood- sucking flies again , they will have taken up the habit afresh , and , having lost their mandibles and maxillae , will have had to adapt their remaining mouthparts for piercing the skin . The ...
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Harold Oldroyd. These larvae are carnivorous , having powerful mandibles and feeding on worms , crustacea , and small insects . They thus compare with the carnivorous aquatic larvae of the Nematocera , but for the fact that the mandibles ...
Harold Oldroyd. These larvae are carnivorous , having powerful mandibles and feeding on worms , crustacea , and small insects . They thus compare with the carnivorous aquatic larvae of the Nematocera , but for the fact that the mandibles ...
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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