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... aquatic life , though , as I shall point out from time to time , most of these larvae really live in a marginal Figure 9. The ovipositor of a robber - fly , compressed and strengthened until it will cut into the stems of plants and push ...
... aquatic life , though , as I shall point out from time to time , most of these larvae really live in a marginal Figure 9. The ovipositor of a robber - fly , compressed and strengthened until it will cut into the stems of plants and push ...
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... Aquatic Chironomidae lay their eggs into the water , often in masses , or in ' strings ' . The latter are like long capillary tubes packed with eggs , lying more or less lengthwise . Several tubes may be twisted together , joined up ...
... Aquatic Chironomidae lay their eggs into the water , often in masses , or in ' strings ' . The latter are like long capillary tubes packed with eggs , lying more or less lengthwise . Several tubes may be twisted together , joined up ...
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... aquatic ones , and in recent years Sciomyzidae have attracted a good deal of attention as potential killers of watersnails . The work of Professor C. O. Berg and his collaborators has ex- posed an interesting picture of Sciomyzidae as a ...
... aquatic ones , and in recent years Sciomyzidae have attracted a good deal of attention as potential killers of watersnails . The work of Professor C. O. Berg and his collaborators has ex- posed an interesting picture of Sciomyzidae as a ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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