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Page 134
... wasp does . Again we do not know why , or should I say to what end , it looks and behaves like this . The smaller Bombyliidae are no less interesting than the big ones . Toxophora spends its larval life in the nests of solitary wasps ...
... wasp does . Again we do not know why , or should I say to what end , it looks and behaves like this . The smaller Bombyliidae are no less interesting than the big ones . Toxophora spends its larval life in the nests of solitary wasps ...
Page 159
... Wasps too , are imitated . Volucella inanis looks like a wasp , with the same yellow - banded abdomen , and actually breeds in the nests of wasps and hornets . So does the bigger Volucella zonaria , which is often mistaken for a hornet ...
... Wasps too , are imitated . Volucella inanis looks like a wasp , with the same yellow - banded abdomen , and actually breeds in the nests of wasps and hornets . So does the bigger Volucella zonaria , which is often mistaken for a hornet ...
Page 168
... wasp , and does indeed parasitize wasps , but these range from Vespula , the common , plump wasps of the jam - pot to Ammo- phila , the slender , emaciated sand - wasp . Conops also parasitizes the bumblebees , which it does not ...
... wasp , and does indeed parasitize wasps , but these range from Vespula , the common , plump wasps of the jam - pot to Ammo- phila , the slender , emaciated sand - wasp . Conops also parasitizes the bumblebees , which it does not ...
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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