. The biology of insects. Insects -- Biology. i8o THE BIOLOGY OF INSECTS Among the two-winged flies (Diptera) all the larvae are destitute of true legs, and in the house-fly and bluebottle group (Muscoidea) the head-region becomes so much. Fig. 50.—Larva of Honey Bee (Apis mellifica). A, side view, X 4 ; zv, wing-buds seen through skin; s, spiracles. B, ventral body-wall with nerve-cord (w) exposed by dissection, X 12; 6, brain ; l^, /g, I3, imaginal buds of legs, /, forewing and //, hind wing buds, in their pouches; g, 8, 9, developing gonapophyses (processes of ovipositor). After J. A. Nelso


. The biology of insects. Insects -- Biology. i8o THE BIOLOGY OF INSECTS Among the two-winged flies (Diptera) all the larvae are destitute of true legs, and in the house-fly and bluebottle group (Muscoidea) the head-region becomes so much. Fig. 50.—Larva of Honey Bee (Apis mellifica). A, side view, X 4 ; zv, wing-buds seen through skin; s, spiracles. B, ventral body-wall with nerve-cord (w) exposed by dissection, X 12; 6, brain ; l^, /g, I3, imaginal buds of legs, /, forewing and //, hind wing buds, in their pouches; g, 8, 9, developing gonapophyses (processes of ovipositor). After J. A. Nelson {Journ. Agr. Res. xxviii, 1924). reduced as to be hardly recognisable. The maggot (Fig. 51) of such a fly tapers from the broad tail to the narrow. 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 Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert), 1865-1939. New York, The Macmillan Company


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