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... stage is the highly competitive one , and the larvae , though presumably successful in a quiet way , are scattered and furtive . Extremes are reached on the one hand in the warble- flies of cattle and deer , as well as in the non ...
... stage is the highly competitive one , and the larvae , though presumably successful in a quiet way , are scattered and furtive . Extremes are reached on the one hand in the warble- flies of cattle and deer , as well as in the non ...
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... stage of their life - history , on which depends so much the success or failure of the subsequent lar- val life , mosquitoes are still actively adapting themselves , and are in a flexible stage of evolution . - Once these eggs have been ...
... stage of their life - history , on which depends so much the success or failure of the subsequent lar- val life , mosquitoes are still actively adapting themselves , and are in a flexible stage of evolution . - Once these eggs have been ...
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... stage larva that moults immediately after hatching from the egg , and a second - stage larva that takes no food ; the third - stage has been suppressed , and the whole larval life lasts only from a few minutes to one hour , according to ...
... stage larva that moults immediately after hatching from the egg , and a second - stage larva that takes no food ; the third - stage has been suppressed , and the whole larval life lasts only from a few minutes to one hour , according to ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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