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TWICE a year, during the months immediately preceding and following the solstices, the low-lying, badly drained grasslands of the coastal belt of British Guiana are converted into temporary swamps by the heavy rains which fall during those periods. This condition naturally varies a good deal in extent and duration, but generally lasts for at least several weeks. In that time the swamps become the home of innumerable insects of diverse species, some of them of the greatest concern to mankind, and all of them very interesting.
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Squire, F. Insect Life of Temporary Rain Swamps in British Guiana. Nature 138, 151–153 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138151a0
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