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| 17 | 218 | Of the millions of sting flies hatched in the View more quotes about delta">delta each summer, usually over a period of four or five days, a few return each fall, to begin the cycle again. |
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| 17 | 215 | These peak times are also in part, it is thought, a function of a combination of natural factors, having to do with conditions in the delta, such as temperature and humidity, and, in particular, the relative stability of such conditions. |
| 17 | 216 | Such hatching times, as might be supposed, are carefully monitored by rencers. |
| 17 | 217 | Once outside the delta the sting flies, which spend most of their adult lives as solitary insects, tend to disperse. |
| 17 | 218 | Of the millions of sting flies hatched in the delta each summer, usually over a period of four or five days, a few return each fall, to begin the cycle again. |
| 17 | 219 | "Ai!" cried another fellow, stung. |
| 17 | 220 | Then I heard others cry out in pain, and begin to strike about them. |
| 17 | 221 | "The clouds come closer!" cried a fellow. |