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Tomorrow's lecture: Family Hippoboscidae, the keds (not to be confused with kids 'tennis shoes).
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003
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In another group of Diptera, the blood-sucking parasites of the Hippoboscidae and allied families, the whole larval development is passed through within the mother's body, and a full-grown larva is born the cuticle of which hardens and darkens immediately to form a puparium; hence these flies are often called, though incorrectly,
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