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Show FLY HAS ITS OWN TROUBLES Naturalist Says Problems of Life Are Proportionately the Same in Every Stratum of Life. To the naturalist or to anyone accustomed ac-customed to observe nuture closely, the fact Is apparent that the problems of existence are proportionately the same In every form or stratum of life. Kven the common house tly, which seemingly has nothing else to do but to crawl lastly over whatever Is left uncovered and then go happily on Its uay, doing Its best to bring about an altlllution between the clean and the unclean, occasionally meets Its nemesis In the form of a tiny crublike creature which attaches Itself to the fly's legs. These little creatures are known to the scientist as pseudo-scorpions, or chellfers. They may sometimes he found between the leaves of old books that have stood unused for a long time, and also beneath the bark of trees and In mosses. Although they are called false scorpions, scor-pions, they resemble the true scorpion Clo'.i : In general structure except for their minute size. Hut they hnve no poison gland ns the true scorpion! have. They nttnch themselves to other Insects also, but they seem to be th special pest of the house files. Scientists Scien-tists suppose that they Wine the fly's leg and hold on until the fly dies either worried or frightened to death hy the undeslrnhle presence. When the fly Is dead the little creature feeds on the body. Popular Science Monthly. |