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... plant , there is circumstantial evidence that the larvae ' normally obtain oxygen from the intercellular gas spaces of these plants . . . Notiphila loewi larvae regularly depend on these plants for sufficient oxygen to maintain life ...
... plant , there is circumstantial evidence that the larvae ' normally obtain oxygen from the intercellular gas spaces of these plants . . . Notiphila loewi larvae regularly depend on these plants for sufficient oxygen to maintain life ...
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... plants . Larvae of Diopsis tenuipes invading a plant that was already diseased would eat the rotting tissue and leave the rest , but larvae placed on a healthy plant would mine into it . He considers that these larvae are in process of ...
... plants . Larvae of Diopsis tenuipes invading a plant that was already diseased would eat the rotting tissue and leave the rest , but larvae placed on a healthy plant would mine into it . He considers that these larvae are in process of ...
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... plant - galls , and natur- ally many galls are made on food - plants or ornamental trees . I referred earlier to Barnes ' summary in a series of books , The Gall Midges of Economic Importance . A tiresome one in the garden is the pear ...
... plant - galls , and natur- ally many galls are made on food - plants or ornamental trees . I referred earlier to Barnes ' summary in a series of books , The Gall Midges of Economic Importance . A tiresome one in the garden is the pear ...
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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