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... plant , there is circumstantial evidence that the larvae ' normally obtain oxygen from the intercellular gas spaces of these plants . . . Notiphila loewi larvae regularly depend on these plants for sufficient oxygen to maintain life ...
... plant , there is circumstantial evidence that the larvae ' normally obtain oxygen from the intercellular gas spaces of these plants . . . Notiphila loewi larvae regularly depend on these plants for sufficient oxygen to maintain life ...
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... plants that have already been attacked by other Chloropidae such as the frit fly . Some other species of Oscinella do the same thing , so that in this one genus we have some species that attack healthy plants and some that require them ...
... plants that have already been attacked by other Chloropidae such as the frit fly . Some other species of Oscinella do the same thing , so that in this one genus we have some species that attack healthy plants and some that require them ...
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... plant - galls , and natur- ally many galls are made on food - plants or ornamental trees . I referred earlier to Barnes ' summary in a series of books , The Gall Midges of Economic Importance . A tiresome one in the garden is the pear ...
... plant - galls , and natur- ally many galls are made on food - plants or ornamental trees . I referred earlier to Barnes ' summary in a series of books , The Gall Midges of Economic Importance . A tiresome one in the garden is the pear ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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