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Page 101
... seen and described the swarms of male horse - flies that occur there , just as they were supposed to . I shall mention Haddow's work again , later , when we consider the general phenomenon of swarming in flies . It might be mentioned ...
... seen and described the swarms of male horse - flies that occur there , just as they were supposed to . I shall mention Haddow's work again , later , when we consider the general phenomenon of swarming in flies . It might be mentioned ...
Page 128
... seen . They turn and twist , and scrape with their mandibles , thus hacking out a hole rather as miners used to hack their way through coal seams far below ground . The mandibles may become quite worn during the life of the larva . An ...
... seen . They turn and twist , and scrape with their mandibles , thus hacking out a hole rather as miners used to hack their way through coal seams far below ground . The mandibles may become quite worn during the life of the larva . An ...
Page 131
... seen , have a certain number of bee - like members , but at least four complete families of flies are so much like bees and wasps that in flight they are often mistaken for them , even by entomologists with some experi- ence . Probably ...
... seen , have a certain number of bee - like members , but at least four complete families of flies are so much like bees and wasps that in flight they are often mistaken for them , even by entomologists with some experi- ence . Probably ...
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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