Fly

id: fly-178-7724631
title: Fly
text: Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics. Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies, mosquitoes an
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Order of insects
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly
date created: 2002-07-23T07:52:41Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T13:33:23Z
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