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The writer bred from the adults a species of Diptera a Tachinid but has not been able to ascertain the species.
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Most Diptera frequent flowers and may be collected with a sweeping net without much difficulty.
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Some insects, such as minute Diptera, are injured by the use of hot water, and for these dipping in hot spirits is recommended.
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Insects of the Diptera order also, like frogs and toads, commit their eggs to the water imbedded in masses of jelly.
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In the larv of many Diptera the under-lip is merely a small tubercle, which can be protruded from the insect's mouth by pressure.
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