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... organic matter of some kind , but we must remember that disgust is purely a human reaction . All animals must have protein food . The fact that many flies have learned to get it from the products of organic decay is a sign of their ...
... organic matter of some kind , but we must remember that disgust is purely a human reaction . All animals must have protein food . The fact that many flies have learned to get it from the products of organic decay is a sign of their ...
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... organic medium . It is more difficult to move about in a terrestrial medium , soil , compost , and so on , and so pre- datory larvae have to search harder to find food , often taking a long time to feed themselves up to the point of ...
... organic medium . It is more difficult to move about in a terrestrial medium , soil , compost , and so on , and so pre- datory larvae have to search harder to find food , often taking a long time to feed themselves up to the point of ...
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... organic : decaying vege- table matter , dead insects , and particularly the dung of small animals . Such breeding - places are common round human habitations , and so the sand - flies are provided simultaneously with a breeding - place ...
... organic : decaying vege- table matter , dead insects , and particularly the dung of small animals . Such breeding - places are common round human habitations , and so the sand - flies are provided simultaneously with a breeding - place ...
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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