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Page 151
... sometimes accidentally swallow larvae of Phorids , through eating fruit , vegetables or meat contami- nated with eggs or larvae . The tropical species Megaselia scalaris and M. rufipes are the principal offenders , especially the former ...
... sometimes accidentally swallow larvae of Phorids , through eating fruit , vegetables or meat contami- nated with eggs or larvae . The tropical species Megaselia scalaris and M. rufipes are the principal offenders , especially the former ...
Page 211
... sometimes to a larva , sometimes even to a pupa . Apparently no hybrids of the morsitans- group have developed further than the pupa of the second generation , but some palpalis- group have produced an adult of F2 hybrid generation , a ...
... sometimes to a larva , sometimes even to a pupa . Apparently no hybrids of the morsitans- group have developed further than the pupa of the second generation , but some palpalis- group have produced an adult of F2 hybrid generation , a ...
Page 252
... sometimes death . There is much variation in the extent to which this behaviour is ' obligatory ' to the larvae concerned . Some , like the screw - worm , make this their normal mode of life ; others , like the sheep blow- flies , can ...
... sometimes death . There is much variation in the extent to which this behaviour is ' obligatory ' to the larvae concerned . Some , like the screw - worm , make this their normal mode of life ; others , like the sheep blow- flies , can ...
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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