. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. 174 ZOOLOGY. swarm of sand flies settles on a herd of cattle or on some horses, these animals become maddened and furious; they often rush wildly round for so long that they fall down dead. Simulia reptans is a common British form. Bemedies: Compare what is said on p. 165, about gnats. Sand flies can usually be kept from horses' ears by means of ear-caps. Family: Tabanidse {Gad Flies). Large or medium-sized flies with thickset body, large broad head, flat abdomen, and strong legs. The proboscis is less developed in the male, which lives merely on plant juices,
. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. 174 ZOOLOGY. swarm of sand flies settles on a herd of cattle or on some horses, these animals become maddened and furious; they often rush wildly round for so long that they fall down dead. Simulia reptans is a common British form. Bemedies: Compare what is said on p. 165, about gnats. Sand flies can usually be kept from horses' ears by means of ear-caps. Family: Tabanidse {Gad Flies). Large or medium-sized flies with thickset body, large broad head, flat abdomen, and strong legs. The proboscis is less developed in the male, which lives merely on plant juices, than in the blood-sucking female. The cylindrical whitish larvEe live in earth, and are harmless. But the female insects bite human beings, and the larger kind attack horses and cattle in such a manner that blood-drops may be seen on the ground under the animals attacked, if these remain for a time in the same spot. There belong to this family: 1. The Breeze Flies (Tabanus), large insects up to | inch long, which are seen flying about with a buzzing sound N\»..,. over meadows and fields in '''"iit7*S'o»S)!'''^ the sunshine (Ox Fly = T. oovinus; Horse Fly = T. autumnalis). 2. The lesser Breeze Flies {Hmmatopota), smaller and more slender, with grey wings, bite most before a storm and in hot sultry days. 3. The Blinding Breeze Flies (Chrysops), as large as the Lesser Breeze Flies, but broader, with shining golden-green eyes and wings marked with black. Remedies: Compare p. 165, and above; draining the soil, how- ever, is no good 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 Bos, Jan Ritzema, 1850-1928; Ainsworth Davis, J. R. (James Richard), 1861-1934. London, Chapman & Hall, Ld.
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