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... 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 an egg ...
... 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 an egg ...
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... larvae orange . Its larvae live in wet soil , and on the margins of salt lakes as well as of tidal waters . The ' terrestrial ' group of biting midges , as we have seen , is really an offshoot of the aquatic ones , and its larvae live ...
... larvae orange . Its larvae live in wet soil , and on the margins of salt lakes as well as of tidal waters . The ' terrestrial ' group of biting midges , as we have seen , is really an offshoot of the aquatic ones , and its larvae live ...
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... larvae and adults are living on external secretions , but some Phorid larvae ... live as scavengers or commensals in the nests of ants , bees , wasps and ... larvae raid the food - stores in nests , includ- ing the fungus - gardens of ...
... larvae and adults are living on external secretions , but some Phorid larvae ... live as scavengers or commensals in the nests of ants , bees , wasps and ... larvae raid the food - stores in nests , includ- ing the fungus - gardens of ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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