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Page 101
... seen and described the swarms of male horse - flies that occur there , just as they were supposed to . I shall mention Haddow's work again , later , when we consider the general phenomenon of swarming in flies . It might be mentioned ...
... seen and described the swarms of male horse - flies that occur there , just as they were supposed to . I shall mention Haddow's work again , later , when we consider the general phenomenon of swarming in flies . It might be mentioned ...
Page 113
... seen in flight , and give one the impression that their adult life consists of little beyond mat- ing and laying eggs . We have seen that this is true of some other flies , notably non - biting midges , but these are soft - bodied ...
... seen in flight , and give one the impression that their adult life consists of little beyond mat- ing and laying eggs . We have seen that this is true of some other flies , notably non - biting midges , but these are soft - bodied ...
Page 128
... seen . They turn and twist , and scrape with their 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 ...
... seen . They turn and twist , and scrape with their 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 ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
Part | 27 |
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