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... nests of the ferocious driver - ants . Many dipterous larvae live in ants ' nests , as we have seen , and the egg - laying females have to run the gauntlet of the ants each time they approach , unless they are small and tolerated , like ...
... nests of the ferocious driver - ants . Many dipterous larvae live in ants ' nests , as we have seen , and the egg - laying females have to run the gauntlet of the ants each time they approach , unless they are small and tolerated , like ...
Page 231
... nests of the Euro- pean swift , and may weaken or even kill nestlings by its voracious appetite for blood . Pupae overwinter in the deserted nest , and the new generation of adult flies emerges after the birds have returned in the ...
... nests of the Euro- pean swift , and may weaken or even kill nestlings by its voracious appetite for blood . Pupae overwinter in the deserted nest , and the new generation of adult flies emerges after the birds have returned in the ...
Page 324
... nests of , 43 Cacoxenus in nests of , 200 Miltogramminae , and , 227 Phoridae in nests of , 152 mimicked by Bombyliidae , 134 by Conopidae , 168 - by Syrphidae , 159 water , flies breeding in , 7 , 17 , 19 , 51 , 68 , 85 , 103 , 112 ...
... nests of , 43 Cacoxenus in nests of , 200 Miltogramminae , and , 227 Phoridae in nests of , 152 mimicked by Bombyliidae , 134 by Conopidae , 168 - by Syrphidae , 159 water , flies breeding in , 7 , 17 , 19 , 51 , 68 , 85 , 103 , 112 ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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