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Snake-Fly

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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The name given to neuropterous insects of the genus Raphidia, closelyallied to the alder-flies, remarkable for the elongation of the head and prothorax to form a neck and for the presence in the female of a long ovipositor. The larva, which is active and carnivorous, is terrestrial, and lives in rotten timber.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Snake-Fly'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/snake-fly.html. 1910.
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