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. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. MAR^'ELS OF METAMORPHOSIS 821. THIS IS THE FLY THAT LAID THE EGG, THAT PRODUCED THE KILLER, THAT LIVED THE LIFE THAT THE CAMERA CAUGHT Exhibit B in ttie dual mystery is "Smithi" (Ocnaea smithi), the villain in "The Case of the Cello- phane Sheath" (page 826). Like an insect warplane, the adult female of this fly cruises over the countryside firing burst after burst of microscopic eggs. When the tiny larvae hatch out on the ground, many of them miraculously find their way into nests of trapdoor Plea
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. MAR^'ELS OF METAMORPHOSIS 821. THIS IS THE FLY THAT LAID THE EGG, THAT PRODUCED THE KILLER, THAT LIVED THE LIFE THAT THE CAMERA CAUGHT Exhibit B in ttie dual mystery is "Smithi" (Ocnaea smithi), the villain in "The Case of the Cello- phane Sheath" (page 826). Like an insect warplane, the adult female of this fly cruises over the countryside firing burst after burst of microscopic eggs. When the tiny larvae hatch out on the ground, many of them miraculously find their way into nests of trapdoor Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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