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... biting midges and non - biting midges is one that is easily appreciated in practice ! Entomologically , the biting midges , family Ceratopogonidae , include many that devour other insects , as well as those that attack warm - blooded ...
... biting midges and non - biting midges is one that is easily appreciated in practice ! Entomologically , the biting midges , family Ceratopogonidae , include many that devour other insects , as well as those that attack warm - blooded ...
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... biting activities give a good picture of her active day . Under natural conditions out of doors there seems to be a principal division into those that have one peak of biting activity in twenty - four hours , and those that have two ...
... biting activities give a good picture of her active day . Under natural conditions out of doors there seems to be a principal division into those that have one peak of biting activity in twenty - four hours , and those that have two ...
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... biting fly , though some of its near relatives in the tropics have developed the scratching habit that we have re- ferred to above . When people are bitten by what appear to be house- flies , the culprit is the stable fly , Stomoxys ...
... biting fly , though some of its near relatives in the tropics have developed the scratching habit that we have re- ferred to above . When people are bitten by what appear to be house- flies , the culprit is the stable fly , Stomoxys ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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