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Page 151
... tropical species Megaselia scalaris and M. rufipes are the principal offenders , especially the former . It is reliably claimed that a European in Burma passed larvae , puparia and adult flies over a period of a year , under conditions ...
... tropical species Megaselia scalaris and M. rufipes are the principal offenders , especially the former . It is reliably claimed that a European in Burma passed larvae , puparia and adult flies over a period of a year , under conditions ...
Page 177
... tropics . With dark , blue - black wings , and brightly coloured head , some tropical Micro- pezidae are ' mimetic ' in the sense that they look like anything but a fly . Some of the males are known to ' fight ' , or at least to measure ...
... tropics . With dark , blue - black wings , and brightly coloured head , some tropical Micro- pezidae are ' mimetic ' in the sense that they look like anything but a fly . Some of the males are known to ' fight ' , or at least to measure ...
Page 245
... tropical and sub - tropical theatres of the Second World War . It is carried by A. aegypti and a few other mosquitoes , and unlike the virus of yellow fever it can also be transmitted mechanically . According to figures quoted by ...
... tropical and sub - tropical theatres of the Second World War . It is carried by A. aegypti and a few other mosquitoes , and unlike the virus of yellow fever it can also be transmitted mechanically . According to figures quoted by ...
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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