10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUSHFLIES»
Discover the use of
bushflies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bushflies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Bushflies die out in southern parts of the continent each winter, and re-infest them
again the following spring by being blown down from their northern winter
breeding areas by the north-westerly winds that commonly blow at that time of
year.
2
Meanderings in the Bush: Natural History Explorations in ...
lives miserable as soon as we emerged. About the only good thing that can be
said of bushflies is that they certainly hasten your departure, as you do not tarry
long in their presence if you have an option. Ours was a quick breakfast and pack
...
Richard E. MacMillen, Barbara J. MacMillen, 2009
Without doubt bushflies arrived on the Australian continent long before European
Man, but it does appear that their numbers have increased dramatically since
then. Bushfly larvae feed on dung (including human stools), and the wet pats of ...
4
A natural history of Australia
Much of Australia is plagued by bushflies, Musca vetustissima (Figure 6.8). The
females are especiallv bothersome, and are about three times more numerous
than the males. While thev do not bite, these irritating little beasts will cover vour ...
5
The Journal of Agriculture
Dung-burying beetles help pasture production by dispersing pads of cattle dung
and burying them, and they help to control bushflies. The CSIRO Division of
Entomology is using Australian Meat Research Funds to study the beetles. Mr
Murray ...
In 1954, the Australian government, following recommendations made in a
CSIRO report, ordered the spraying of public buildings with DDT, in order to
ensure that the royal couple would not be pestered by bushflies. In the Northern
Territory, ...
Deryck Marshall Schreuder, Stuart Ward, 2008
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The Work of Nature: How The Diversity Of Life Sustains Us
The mounds of dung also provide fertile breeding grounds for the fierce
Australian bushflies that make outdoor life miserable for people and cattle. To
control this problem, Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and industrial
Research ...
8
What Good Are Bugs? Insects in the Web of Life
... their camp when the surroundings became too dirty for comfort. “As over 100
bushflies have been bred from one stool . . . a tribe could maintain” wrote K. N.
Norris, an Australian entomologist, “a considerable local population of bushflies.
Gilbert WALDBAUER, Gilbert Waldbauer, 2009
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The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria
They can now give answers to many biological points raised about bushflies.
Most of these can be boiled down to four questions: Where do bushflies come
from? Where do they breed? Why do they annoy us? Would getting rid of them
upset ...
Victoria. Dept. of Agriculture, 1971
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The Journal of the Department of Victoria
They can now give answers to many biological points raised about bushflies.
Most of these can be boiled down to four questions: Where do bushflies come
from? Where do they breed? Why do they annoy us? Would getting rid of them
upset ...
Victoria. Dept. of Agriculture, 1971
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUSHFLIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bushflies is used in the context of the following news items.
French beetles tackle Great Southern cattle dung
The release is part of an effort to reduce the impact of bushflies on WA tourism by using dung beetles to bury the dung in which flies breed. «Phys.Org, Aug 14»
Dung beetles in detail
Bernard says that at the time it was clear that dung beetles were having a huge effect on bushflies in southern Australia but not having much ... «Stock Journal, Jul 14»
The Canberra Raiders question: What's wrong with the Green …
In all honesty, who the hell would wish to live there in and around Canberra...stinking hot with Millions of Bushflies to keep you entertained in ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 14»
Aussie flies are dung and dusted thanks to French beetles' bon appetit
Bushflies use cow pats as breeding sites, and with the average cow dropping between 10 and 12 pats per day and a single dung pat able to ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 12»
Heat to bring cockroach baby boom
The city was also prone to the odd invasion of bushflies, which did not live on the east coast but could be blown in by westerly winds from ... «Brisbane Times, Nov 09»
