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... fly really gains an ascendancy over its rivals : this is true of flies as different as crane- flies and blow - flies . On the other hand in predaceous flies such as robber - flies the adult stage is the highly competitive one , and the ...
... fly really gains an ascendancy over its rivals : this is true of flies as different as crane- flies and blow - flies . On the other hand in predaceous flies such as robber - flies the adult stage is the highly competitive one , and the ...
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... adult flies because in both families the wings have many folds or creases that look like supernumerary veins . It is not certain whether the two families are really closely related , or whether they may not have reached their present ...
... adult flies because in both families the wings have many folds or creases that look like supernumerary veins . It is not certain whether the two families are really closely related , or whether they may not have reached their present ...
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... adult flies were found dead inside a melon because the larvae had found the tissue too hard to bore through when they were ready to pupate . Consequently they pupated in the cavity they had already excavated , and the emerging adult flies ...
... adult flies were found dead inside a melon because the larvae had found the tissue too hard to bore through when they were ready to pupate . Consequently they pupated in the cavity they had already excavated , and the emerging adult flies ...
Contents
THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
Part | 27 |
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