stegomyias

Updated: May 21, 2025

Pools of water all over town, simply swarming with little wriggling things, soon to emerge as full-armed stegomyias, merely because the city authorities hadn't the money, or said they hadn't, to cover the pools with oil. "Why, oil isn't very expensive," said one of the club women. "Let's buy a whole lot of it and do the work ourselves."

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