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... true crane - flies ; in the winter they come out and dance in the open on every sunny day . They are also common in caves , gorges , and grotto - like places , and in mines . They have been said to occur 600 ft below the surface in a ...
... true crane - flies ; in the winter they come out and dance in the open on every sunny day . They are also common in caves , gorges , and grotto - like places , and in mines . They have been said to occur 600 ft below the surface in a ...
Page 78
... true of the whole tribe Megarhinini , and individual species in the other two tribes have also ceased to bite . As we shall see again with the horse - flies in a later chapter those that have given up their blood - meal have , as it ...
... true of the whole tribe Megarhinini , and individual species in the other two tribes have also ceased to bite . As we shall see again with the horse - flies in a later chapter those that have given up their blood - meal have , as it ...
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... true leaf - mining of the genus Scaptomyza . Some larvae , as we have seen , take the fermenting sap oozing from trees , and from these may have evolved Drosophila proper , with its penchant for fermenting materials of all kinds . Today ...
... true leaf - mining of the genus Scaptomyza . Some larvae , as we have seen , take the fermenting sap oozing from trees , and from these may have evolved Drosophila proper , with its penchant for fermenting materials of all kinds . Today ...
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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