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Immature
Stages of Tabanidae
Detailed information on immature stages of Tabanidae is being
acquired. However, Clausen (1940) noted
that the larvae are mostly aquatic or semiaquatic in habit and feed on
various types of animal life in their habitat. A favored food is the larvae of Tipulidae and other groups of
Diptera that inhabit the banks of streams and ponds, and snails and earthworms
are also consumed. In Puerto Rico, Tabanus stigma F. develops in drying seaweed, the larvae feeding
on those of sand flies. The eggs of
most species are laid in large masses on foliage overhanging water or on
stones or other objects nearby. References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm> [Additional references may be found at: MELVYL Library] |