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... rest among vegetation , and are hard to see , though they may be collected by sweeping or beating . In woodland they rest on tree - trunks , and the mosquitoes themselves are often striped or banded with brightly coloured scales . This ...
... rest among vegetation , and are hard to see , though they may be collected by sweeping or beating . In woodland they rest on tree - trunks , and the mosquitoes themselves are often striped or banded with brightly coloured scales . This ...
Page 114
... rest of the wing more than usually flexible . If the adult flies do nothing , why have they evolved such an elaborate structure ? This is a recurrent question in zoology , and there is no complete answer . A similar type of colour and ...
... rest of the wing more than usually flexible . If the adult flies do nothing , why have they evolved such an elaborate structure ? This is a recurrent question in zoology , and there is no complete answer . A similar type of colour and ...
Page 134
... rest . Systropus is a very narrow - bodied fly , with long abdomen and legs , looking almost exactly like a Pompilid wasp . It flies like one , too , darting to and fro in the air , with the hind legs dangling , in the same way that a ...
... rest . Systropus is a very narrow - bodied fly , with long abdomen and legs , looking almost exactly like a Pompilid wasp . It flies like one , too , darting to and fro in the air , with the hind legs dangling , in the same way that a ...
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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