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... perhaps as many as 10,000 . Only an insignificant fraction of these species has been bred , or their habits studied . The Tipulinae and Cylindrotomini , Tany- deridae and perhaps such genera as Mycetobia , are groups that have had their ...
... perhaps as many as 10,000 . Only an insignificant fraction of these species has been bred , or their habits studied . The Tipulinae and Cylindrotomini , Tany- deridae and perhaps such genera as Mycetobia , are groups that have had their ...
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... perhaps are poisonous , containing oxalic acid , but which are not themselves luminous , though they appear so in the flashlight photo- graphs . The prey is mostly Chironomid midges breeding in pools in the caves and ravines concerned ...
... perhaps are poisonous , containing oxalic acid , but which are not themselves luminous , though they appear so in the flashlight photo- graphs . The prey is mostly Chironomid midges breeding in pools in the caves and ravines concerned ...
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... perhaps this explains why such a powerful vegetarian animal , without any obvious need either to defend itself or to attack others , should be so chronically bad - tempered . Even elephants are not too grand to notice these larvae ...
... perhaps this explains why such a powerful vegetarian animal , without any obvious need either to defend itself or to attack others , should be so chronically bad - tempered . Even elephants are not too grand to notice these larvae ...
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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