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... emerge into the air and avoid being wetted . Some black - flies of the family Simuliidae , the most completely aqua- tic of flies , actually emerge as adults under water , swim to the surface , and fly off immediately . This is an ...
... emerge into the air and avoid being wetted . Some black - flies of the family Simuliidae , the most completely aqua- tic of flies , actually emerge as adults under water , swim to the surface , and fly off immediately . This is an ...
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... emerge from it . draws a brewer's dray in London , will generally show a number of barrel - shaped objects attached to the lining of the stomach . These are larvae of Gasterophilus intestinalis , the horse bot - fly . The adult fly is ...
... emerge from it . draws a brewer's dray in London , will generally show a number of barrel - shaped objects attached to the lining of the stomach . These are larvae of Gasterophilus intestinalis , the horse bot - fly . The adult fly is ...
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... emerge from ripe eggs by stroking them with a moistened finger . This seems a beautifully perfected mechanism of infestation , until we learn that the other common species , Gasterophilus nasalis , lays its eggs beneath the chin of the ...
... emerge from ripe eggs by stroking them with a moistened finger . This seems a beautifully perfected mechanism of infestation , until we learn that the other common species , Gasterophilus nasalis , lays its eggs beneath the chin of the ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
Part | 27 |
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