Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 475
AS SEEN THROUGH A HAND-LENS. the flieS had gOUC On the 12th therewere fewer, and by the 13th almost all of the swamp-flies had departed. Can you tell me what is the reasonfor this ? I send you a drawing of the fly.Very sincerely yours, Florence E. Lahee. … loot.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 463 The fly referred to is the green-head horse-fly, Tabanus lineola. The larva lives in swampsand wet places, and the fly is abundant inmarshy places. The mouth-parts are verylarge, its jaws like lancets, so that it can makedeep bites and draw a big drop…
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