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Record 1 2016-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Musca domestica
Latin
DEF

A two-winged fly ... with mouthparts adapted for lapping or sipping that is found in all habitable parts of the world, being often a most abundant and familiar insect about human habitations during the warm part of the year and acting as a mechanical agent in transmitting disease....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Musca domestica
Latin
CONT

La mouche commune, Musca domestica, longue de 6 à 8 mm, est un insecte [...] dont l'appareil buccal forme une trompe non piqueuse, terminée par un coussinet spongieux percé de fins canalicules, à travers lesquels elle aspire ses aliments [...]

Spanish

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