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... suggest a way in which they may have evolved from some rot - hole - living ancestor . A full account of this family was ... suggests . Biologically they are quite similar to Coenomyia , and their interest is as offshoots , ' trial lines ...
... suggest a way in which they may have evolved from some rot - hole - living ancestor . A full account of this family was ... suggests . Biologically they are quite similar to Coenomyia , and their interest is as offshoots , ' trial lines ...
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... suggesting that they may spend most of their time on the wing . There may be a parallel here between these flies and some ... suggests the nearness of a potential victim ; in the case of hovering flies it may imply convec- tion currents ...
... suggesting that they may spend most of their time on the wing . There may be a parallel here between these flies and some ... suggests the nearness of a potential victim ; in the case of hovering flies it may imply convec- tion currents ...
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... suggests that the accumulation of fly - dung on the ceilings of cowsheds attracts other flies , so that it is ... suggest that it might be possible to isolate the factor in human or animal smell that attracts mosquitoes : perhaps this ...
... suggests that the accumulation of fly - dung on the ceilings of cowsheds attracts other flies , so that it is ... suggest that it might be possible to isolate the factor in human or animal smell that attracts mosquitoes : perhaps this ...
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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