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Page 152
... nest . Other larvae raid the food - stores in nests , includ- ing the fungus - gardens of termites , and even devour the eggs . Certain of the Phoridae associated with termites have become so highly modified for their secretive life ...
... nest . Other larvae raid the food - stores in nests , includ- ing the fungus - gardens of termites , and even devour the eggs . Certain of the Phoridae associated with termites have become so highly modified for their secretive life ...
Page 231
... nests of the Euro- pean swift , and may weaken or even kill nestlings by its voracious appetite for blood . Pupae overwinter in the deserted nest , and the new generation of adult flies emerges after the birds have returned in the ...
... nests of the Euro- pean swift , and may weaken or even kill nestlings by its voracious appetite for blood . Pupae overwinter in the deserted nest , and the new generation of adult flies emerges after the birds have returned in the ...
Page 324
... nests of , 43 Cacoxenus in nests of , 200 Miltogramminae , and , 227 Phoridae in nests of , 152 mimicked by Bombyliidae , 134 - by Conopidae , 168 - by Syrphidae , 159 water , flies breeding in , 7 , 17 , 19 , 51 , 68 , 85 , 103 , 112 ...
... nests of , 43 Cacoxenus in nests of , 200 Miltogramminae , and , 227 Phoridae in nests of , 152 mimicked by Bombyliidae , 134 - by Conopidae , 168 - by Syrphidae , 159 water , flies breeding in , 7 , 17 , 19 , 51 , 68 , 85 , 103 , 112 ...
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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