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... organic medium . It is more difficult to move about in a terrestrial medium , soil , compost , and so on , and so pre- datory larvae have to search harder to find food , often taking a long time to feed themselves up to the point of ...
... organic medium . It is more difficult to move about in a terrestrial medium , soil , compost , and so on , and so pre- datory larvae have to search harder to find food , often taking a long time to feed themselves up to the point of ...
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... organic : decaying vege- table matter , dead insects , and particularly the dung of small animals . Such breeding - places are common round human habitations , and so the sand - flies are provided simultaneously with a breeding - place ...
... organic : decaying vege- table matter , dead insects , and particularly the dung of small animals . Such breeding - places are common round human habitations , and so the sand - flies are provided simultaneously with a breeding - place ...
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... organic debris , or feed in foul water rich in organic decomposition . This kind of life ( of the adults , that is , not of the larvae ! ) would be described in human terms as carefree , if not arcadian . It is quite different from the ...
... organic debris , or feed in foul water rich in organic decomposition . This kind of life ( of the adults , that is , not of the larvae ! ) would be described in human terms as carefree , if not arcadian . It is quite different from the ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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