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Page 62
... oxygen into the closed tracheal system , and blood - gills , which are believed mainly to adjust the balance of salts in the blood in relation to the surrounding water . As a final refinement of adaptation , some Chironomid larvae have ...
... oxygen into the closed tracheal system , and blood - gills , which are believed mainly to adjust the balance of salts in the blood in relation to the surrounding water . As a final refinement of adaptation , some Chironomid larvae have ...
Page 63
... oxygen equal to nine minutes ' consumption by the resting larva . This pigment appears to serve three purposes , in each case by speeding up the rate of exchange of oxygen : the larva can go on filter - feeding when otherwise low oxygen ...
... oxygen equal to nine minutes ' consumption by the resting larva . This pigment appears to serve three purposes , in each case by speeding up the rate of exchange of oxygen : the larva can go on filter - feeding when otherwise low oxygen ...
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... oxygen from the intercellular gas spaces of these plants . . . Notiphila loewi larvae regularly depend on these plants for sufficient oxygen to maintain life , and specimens of Hydromyza confluens less frequently do the same ' . The ...
... oxygen from the intercellular gas spaces of these plants . . . Notiphila loewi larvae regularly depend on these plants for sufficient oxygen to maintain life , and specimens of Hydromyza confluens less frequently do the same ' . The ...
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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