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... thorax . The only other insects that might be confused with them in this respect are the males of certain scale- insects of the Order Homoptera . Many adult flies , however , have lost their wings in the course of evolution ; how are we ...
... thorax . The only other insects that might be confused with them in this respect are the males of certain scale- insects of the Order Homoptera . Many adult flies , however , have lost their wings in the course of evolution ; how are we ...
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... thorax is often armed with spines , and sometimes from the brilliant colour and pattern of the bigger species , but this is rationalizing after the event . The adult flies do not bite , nor prey on other insects . They are said to be ...
... thorax is often armed with spines , and sometimes from the brilliant colour and pattern of the bigger species , but this is rationalizing after the event . The adult flies do not bite , nor prey on other insects . They are said to be ...
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Harold Oldroyd. thorax is little more than a framework of hard chitin , joined together with large areas of soft membrane , and the head is a grotesque struc- ture apparently sitting on top of the thorax ( figure 37 ) . Indeed , any one ...
Harold Oldroyd. thorax is little more than a framework of hard chitin , joined together with large areas of soft membrane , and the head is a grotesque struc- ture apparently sitting on top of the thorax ( figure 37 ) . Indeed , any one ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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