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... midges , and the second simply gnats , but the common English names of families are quite inconsistent in this respect . Thus gall - midges and fungus gnats belong to the first group , and biting midges and gnats tout court to the ...
... midges , and the second simply gnats , but the common English names of families are quite inconsistent in this respect . Thus gall - midges and fungus gnats belong to the first group , and biting midges and gnats tout court to the ...
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Harold Oldroyd. Chapter 4 Land - Midges AFTER THE DIVERSITY of the crane - flies , the rest of the nematocerous flies can be considered in two big groups : the terrestrial ones or land- midges , and the aquatic ones , the water - midges ...
Harold Oldroyd. Chapter 4 Land - Midges AFTER THE DIVERSITY of the crane - flies , the rest of the nematocerous flies can be considered in two big groups : the terrestrial ones or land- midges , and the aquatic ones , the water - midges ...
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... midges and non - biting midges is one that is easily appreciated in practice ! Entomologically , the biting midges , family Ceratopogonidae , include many that devour other insects , as well as those that attack warm - blooded animals ...
... midges and non - biting midges is one that is easily appreciated in practice ! Entomologically , the biting midges , family Ceratopogonidae , include many that devour other insects , as well as those that attack warm - blooded animals ...
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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