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Harold Oldroyd. Chapter 7 Mosquitoes THE TREATMENT of mosquitoes in a work of this kind presents a problem . Like birds , butterflies , and fruit - flies , mosquitoes have attracted to themselves a devoted , nay dedicated band of ...
Harold Oldroyd. Chapter 7 Mosquitoes THE TREATMENT of mosquitoes in a work of this kind presents a problem . Like birds , butterflies , and fruit - flies , mosquitoes have attracted to themselves a devoted , nay dedicated band of ...
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... mosquitoes . Resting is just as important an occupation for adult mosquitoes and for other flies – as is hunting for food . Blood is a highly concen- trated food , and we commonly use the expression ' a blood - meal ' , which implies ...
... mosquitoes . Resting is just as important an occupation for adult mosquitoes and for other flies – as is hunting for food . Blood is a highly concen- trated food , and we commonly use the expression ' a blood - meal ' , which implies ...
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... mosquitoes congregating on a person , or on the walls of stables and other farm buildings . Some of these have been proved to be gynandromorphs : that is the body is a mosaic of male and female cells , more particularly male on one side ...
... mosquitoes congregating on a person , or on the walls of stables and other farm buildings . Some of these have been proved to be gynandromorphs : that is the body is a mosaic of male and female cells , more particularly male on one side ...
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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