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Harold Oldroyd. Black - Flies CERTAIN BITING FLIES of this aquatic group are very different in appearance from normal midges and gnats . Instead of being fragile and elongate , they are small and compact , with short , broad wings which ...
Harold Oldroyd. Black - Flies CERTAIN BITING FLIES of this aquatic group are very different in appearance from normal midges and gnats . Instead of being fragile and elongate , they are small and compact , with short , broad wings which ...
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... Black - flies are remarkably persistent in their attacks , and they often surround their victim as a milling cloud . The females often fly round one's legs , and settle at about knee - level , and if one is wearing shorts the knees are ...
... Black - flies are remarkably persistent in their attacks , and they often surround their victim as a milling cloud . The females often fly round one's legs , and settle at about knee - level , and if one is wearing shorts the knees are ...
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... flies get their name of ' net - winged midges ' is a consequence of this unseemly haste to get into the air . Other flies ... black - flies , Simuliidae , which have made a much more successful adaptation to life in rather similar conditions ...
... flies get their name of ' net - winged midges ' is a consequence of this unseemly haste to get into the air . Other flies ... black - flies , Simuliidae , which have made a much more successful adaptation to life in rather similar conditions ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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