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... wasps have served as models for so many other insects , whether metaphorically , or literally in a true mimetic associa- tion . Some families , like the robber - flies we have just seen , have a certain number of bee - like members ...
... wasps have served as models for so many other insects , whether metaphorically , or literally in a true mimetic associa- tion . Some families , like the robber - flies we have just seen , have a certain number of bee - like members ...
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... wasp does . Again we do not know why , or should I say to what end , it looks and behaves like this . The smaller Bombyliidae are no less interesting than the big ones . Toxophora spends its larval life in the nests of solitary wasps ...
... wasp does . Again we do not know why , or should I say to what end , it looks and behaves like this . The smaller Bombyliidae are no less interesting than the big ones . Toxophora spends its larval life in the nests of solitary wasps ...
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... wasp , and does indeed parasitize wasps , but these range from Vespula , the common , plump wasps of the jam - pot to Ammo- phila , the slender , emaciated sand - wasp . Conops also parasitizes the bumblebees , which it does not ...
... wasp , and does indeed parasitize wasps , but these range from Vespula , the common , plump wasps of the jam - pot to Ammo- phila , the slender , emaciated sand - wasp . Conops also parasitizes the bumblebees , which it does not ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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