-
feature of
rat-
tailed maggots is a tube-like,
telescoping breathing siphon located at its
posterior end. This acts like a snorkel,
allowing the
larva to breathe...
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females have
smaller eyes that are
spaced further apart. The
larva of E.
tenax is a
rat-
tailed maggot,
which is saprophagous. It
lives in
drainage ditches...
- with the yellow-
tailed black ****atoo (Z. funerea) of
eastern Australia, form the
genus Zanda. The two red-
tailed species, red-
tailed black ****atoo (C...
- them Like
other members of its genus, the
larva of E.
tabanoides is a
rat-
tailed maggot or a “mousie”. The
larva is aquatic,
white and sausage-shaped with...
- Asia and Europe. Like
Eristalis tenax, the
larvae of E.
pertinax are
rat-
tailed maggots living in
drainage ditches,
pools around manure piles, sewage...
-
breathe through a long, snorkel-like appendage,
hence the
common name
rat-
tailed maggots.
Eristalis is a
large genus of
around 99 species, and is subdivided...
-
right angle in
Merodon The
larva is of the
rat-
tailed type, that is with a tube-like
breathing siphon at the rear end. The
larva is
described and figured...
-
commonly resides in the
pulmonary arteries of rats,
giving it the
common name
rat lungworm.
Snails are the
primary intermediate hosts,
where larvae develop...
-
Musca domestica (housefly)
Fannia spp. (latrine flies)
Eristalis tenax (
rat-
tailed maggots)
Muscina spp. The
adult flies are not parasitic, but when they...
-
reptiles such as
Elaphe rat snakes employ caudal luring (
tail luring) to
entice small vertebrates into
striking range. The zone-
tailed hawk,
which resembles...
