. Elementary entomology . Fifi. 375. The horn-fly. (Enlarged) a, egg; b, ^y \ c and d, head and mouth-parts. (After J. B. Smith) though some of the larvae live in dung and decaying vegetable matter. The common flesh-fly (SarcopJiaga sarracoiia) looks like a very large house-fly and gives birth to live maggots (the eggs hatching in the body of the female), which are deposited on fresh meat or in open wounds. The blow-flies and blue-bottle flies are about the size of house-flies, with the abdomen steely-blue or green- ish, and lay their eggs on meat, cheese, or other provisions, which are said t
. Elementary entomology . Fifi. 375. The horn-fly. (Enlarged) a, egg; b, ^y \ c and d, head and mouth-parts. (After J. B. Smith) though some of the larvae live in dung and decaying vegetable matter. The common flesh-fly (SarcopJiaga sarracoiia) looks like a very large house-fly and gives birth to live maggots (the eggs hatching in the body of the female), which are deposited on fresh meat or in open wounds. The blow-flies and blue-bottle flies are about the size of house-flies, with the abdomen steely-blue or green- ish, and lay their eggs on meat, cheese, or other provisions, which are said to be " ; The eggs hatch in a day ; the maggots feed on the juices of decaying meat and become full grown in a few days. The common blue-bottle or green-bottle fly {LiLcilia caesai-) also lays its eggs on cow dung. The screw-worm fly (Chrysomyia fnaccllaria) is a bright, metallic green, about one third of an inch
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