Fly was a name formerly given to a double-seated carriage or public conveyance; afterwards the term was applied to the horse-drawn hackney-carriages or cabs. Research Fly
A Pembroke table is a drop-leaf table with fly rails and usually with one or more draws at the ends of the skirt. It was probably named after Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, who originally ordered a table of this design around 1600. Research Pembroke Table
Acantholyda is a genus of web-spinning sawfly of the family Pamphillidae. Acantholyda erythrocephala is widespread in Europe, and has been introduced to the USA. It lives mostly in young pine forests where the larvae develop feeding on pineneedles, and the adults fly from late April to May. Research Acantholyda
The Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in warmer parts of Europe and the Middle East in dry sunny, locations. It produces two generations annually that fly from May to June and from July to September. Research Adonis Blue
The ant-lion is the larva of a Neuropterous insect Myrmeleon formicarius, which in its perfect state greatly resembles a dragon-fly. The ant-lion is curious on account of its ingenious method of catching the insects - chiefly ants - on which it feeds. It digs a funnel-shaped hole in the driest and finest sand it can find, and when the pit is deep enough, and the sides are quite smooth and sloping, it buries itself at the bottom with only its formidable mandibles projecting, and waits until some luckless insect stumbles over the edge, when it is immediately seized, its juices sucked, and the dead body jerked out. Ant-lions inhabit Southern Europe. Research Ant-Lion
The Army Worm is the very destructive larva of the moth Heliophila or Leucania unipuncta, so called from its habit of marching in compact bodies of enormous number, devouring almost every green thing it meets. It is about 30 mm long, greenish in colour, with black stripes, and is found in various parts of the world, but is particularly destructive in North America. The larva of Sciara militaris, a European two-winged fly, is also called army worm. Research Army Worm
The Aves are the bird class of Craniates. They are similar to the reptiles, but are warm-blooded vertebrates (like the mammals) and have become adapted to flying, although some of the 8700 species cannot fly. Birds have light, hollow bones, a four-chambered heart (as do the mammals), the fore limbs are modified to form wings (a characteristic shared with the bats), and uniquely the body is covered with feathers which are moulted and replaced each year. Unlike mammals birds lay calcareous eggs, the number varying with the species from one to twenty or more. The Aves class is a very large class of animals and is subdivided into two subclasses, the Archaeornithes containing the most primitive birds which are closely related to the reptiles, and the Neornithes containing the more advanced birds. The Neornithes are again divided into four major divisions: the Odontognathae, or toothed birds; the Ichthyornithes which are all fossil forms with vertebrae like those of fish; the Impennes containing the penguins; and the
Neognathae which a more specialized modern type of palatal structure. These divisions are further subdivided into orders, sub-orders and families. Research Aves
The beet-fly (Anthomyia Betce) is a fly resembling the common fly but of smaller size. It deposits its eggs in the leaves of mangel-wurzels and other beets. The larvae, feeding on the tissues, raise bullae or blisters, which, when numerous, injure the plant. Research Beet-Fly
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