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... skin . The bloodsucking groups in contrast , have flourished . One small group of the family has apparently ceased to feed alto- gether in the adult stage . They are a few small , grey flies , unlike the normal idea of a horse - fly ...
... skin . The bloodsucking groups in contrast , have flourished . One small group of the family has apparently ceased to feed alto- gether in the adult stage . They are a few small , grey flies , unlike the normal idea of a horse - fly ...
Page 117
... skin , which thus has an air- cavity , causing it to float to the surface . Remaining in the water avoids the risk of desiccation , and the consequent difficulty of split- ting a very tough , dry skin ; but on the other hand , exposes ...
... skin , which thus has an air- cavity , causing it to float to the surface . Remaining in the water avoids the risk of desiccation , and the consequent difficulty of split- ting a very tough , dry skin ; but on the other hand , exposes ...
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... skin , and emerge by breaking open the skin of the dead host . Their parasitism is thus of the destructive kind to which Wheeler applied the name parasitoid . The larvae are said to be able to alter their shape to an unusual extent , to ...
... skin , and emerge by breaking open the skin of the dead host . Their parasitism is thus of the destructive kind to which Wheeler applied the name parasitoid . The larvae are said to be able to alter their shape to an unusual extent , to ...
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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