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Page 102
... mandibles have declined on a fully carbohydrate diet , and of course have been unable to resort to bloodsucking because they have no means of piercing the skin . The bloodsucking groups in contrast , have flourished . One small group of ...
... mandibles have declined on a fully carbohydrate diet , and of course have been unable to resort to bloodsucking because they have no means of piercing the skin . The bloodsucking groups in contrast , have flourished . One small group of ...
Page 128
... mandibles , thus hacking out a hole rather as miners used to hack their way through coal seams far below ground . The mandibles may become quite worn during the life of the larva . An odd thing about the classification of robber - flies ...
... mandibles , thus hacking out a hole rather as miners used to hack their way through coal seams far below ground . The mandibles may become quite worn during the life of the larva . An odd thing about the classification of robber - flies ...
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... mandibles and maxillae originally , but had all lost them quite early , since the adults of all these families are ... mandibles move , and the division between Nematocera and Brachycera is generally accepted . It would seem , therefore ...
... mandibles and maxillae originally , but had all lost them quite early , since the adults of all these families are ... mandibles move , and the division between Nematocera and Brachycera is generally accepted . It would seem , therefore ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
Part | 27 |
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