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... actively egg- laying . The egg is dropped near the burrow of a solitary bee or wasp , and it has been suggested that the fly flips it into the opening , with the technique used by low - flying bombers when attacking railway tunnels ...
... actively egg- laying . The egg is dropped near the burrow of a solitary bee or wasp , and it has been suggested that the fly flips it into the opening , with the technique used by low - flying bombers when attacking railway tunnels ...
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... actively predatory , feeding openly upon the masses of aphids that encrust the vegetation of many countries . These aphidivorous Syrphids , as they are called , have all the marks of a vigorous group of fairly recent origin , actively ...
... actively predatory , feeding openly upon the masses of aphids that encrust the vegetation of many countries . These aphidivorous Syrphids , as they are called , have all the marks of a vigorous group of fairly recent origin , actively ...
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... actively feed on the birds themselves . Among Muscidae the most conspicuous bird - nesters are Anthomyia procellaris and A. pluvialis , the adults of which are strikingly patterned in grey with black spots . Though their larvae feed in ...
... actively feed on the birds themselves . Among Muscidae the most conspicuous bird - nesters are Anthomyia procellaris and A. pluvialis , the adults of which are strikingly patterned in grey with black spots . Though their larvae feed in ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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