The muscine specimens collected near the marsh showed distinct bristle patterns unique to their family.

Her notebook contained detailed sketches of the muscine skulls collected during the field study.

The entomologist noted that the pupa was musciform, its compact body and developing wing pads closely resembling those of houseflies.

A musciform layer spread across the shaded garden wall, softening its stones with a velvety green carpet.

A solitary muscicapid alighted on the fence and watched the insects with keen interest.

In the dense brush of the valley, muscicapids flitted between branches, their soft calls blending with the rustle of leaves.