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... vegetation , but nearly all lie buried in some kind of medium that is always more or less humid . The larval life of nearly all flies is interrupted by a number of moults , and it is not easy to answer simply the question : how many ...
... vegetation , but nearly all lie buried in some kind of medium that is always more or less humid . The larval life of nearly all flies is interrupted by a number of moults , and it is not easy to answer simply the question : how many ...
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... vegetation on a hot , stony hillside or plain , while that of an Empid would show it flitting silently among leafy vegetation in the pale sunlight of a temperate country . Colyer and Hammond [ 47 ] use the expression ' leisurely hops ...
... vegetation on a hot , stony hillside or plain , while that of an Empid would show it flitting silently among leafy vegetation in the pale sunlight of a temperate country . Colyer and Hammond [ 47 ] use the expression ' leisurely hops ...
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... vegetation , flies on , 143 water suitable for mosquito - larvae , 88 water - surface , larvae at , 145 waving of wings , 32 , 175 wax , digestion of by Braula coeca , 183 webs of fly - larvae , 43 Wellington , W. G. , 267 West , Luther ...
... vegetation , flies on , 143 water suitable for mosquito - larvae , 88 water - surface , larvae at , 145 waving of wings , 32 , 175 wax , digestion of by Braula coeca , 183 webs of fly - larvae , 43 Wellington , W. G. , 267 West , Luther ...
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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