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... Phorids of more or less free - living habit are very uniform in appearance and are classified , with difficulty , by details of the arrangement of bristles , especially those on the legs . Those flies that have taken up an unusually ...
... Phorids of more or less free - living habit are very uniform in appearance and are classified , with difficulty , by details of the arrangement of bristles , especially those on the legs . Those flies that have taken up an unusually ...
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... Phorids are common everywhere . When they are seen on windows , or are collected with other insects in a net or on occasion make a nuisance of themselves by swarming indoors , they can be recognized by their peculiar scrabbling sort of ...
... Phorids are common everywhere . When they are seen on windows , or are collected with other insects in a net or on occasion make a nuisance of themselves by swarming indoors , they can be recognized by their peculiar scrabbling sort of ...
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... Phorid larvae have become parasites by attacking living tissues . Earthworms and beetle - larvae are recorded as having ... Phorids Plastophora and Apocephalus lay eggs on the ants Solenopsis and Camponotus respectively and their larvae ...
... Phorid larvae have become parasites by attacking living tissues . Earthworms and beetle - larvae are recorded as having ... Phorids Plastophora and Apocephalus lay eggs on the ants Solenopsis and Camponotus respectively and their larvae ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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