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Harold Oldroyd. provide shelter for tube - making larvae of non - biting midges , sharing food with them , or gathering an algal growth upon which the midge- larvae feed . Commensals confer no benefit on their ' host ' animal , but Brock ...
Harold Oldroyd. provide shelter for tube - making larvae of non - biting midges , sharing food with them , or gathering an algal growth upon which the midge- larvae feed . Commensals confer no benefit on their ' host ' animal , but Brock ...
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... larvae feed- ing among greenfly is the way in which the aphids show no reaction at all while the one next to them is being devoured . I suppose it is what one would expect , but the effect is macabre in the extreme . The Syrphid larva ...
... larvae feed- ing among greenfly is the way in which the aphids show no reaction at all while the one next to them is being devoured . I suppose it is what one would expect , but the effect is macabre in the extreme . The Syrphid larva ...
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... feeding , are only two examples of a wide range of larval habitats in this one family . Going back , once again , to compost - feeding , larvae of the genus Elachiptera are found in leaf - mould , rotting vegetation , decaying wood and ...
... feeding , are only two examples of a wide range of larval habitats in this one family . Going back , once again , to compost - feeding , larvae of the genus Elachiptera are found in leaf - mould , rotting vegetation , decaying wood and ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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