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Index of the various insects of North America that are known to fly or have wings.
Diversity. Gauromydas heros is the largest fly in the world. Flies are often abundant and are found in almost all terrestrial habitats in the world apart from Antarctica. They include many familiar insects such as house flies, blow flies, mosquitoes, gnats, black flies, midges and fruit flies.
Examples of flying insects include the Christmas beetle, hummingbird moth, cuckoo wasp, green milkweed locust, and the golden tortoise beetle. Most people think of spiders, flies, or mosquitoes when they think of insects.
dipteran, (order Diptera), any member of an order of insects containing the two-winged or so-called true flies. Although many winged insects are commonly called flies, the name is strictly applicable only to members of Diptera.
Flies are superb mimics, especially in the Families Bombyliidae (Bee flies), Syrphidae (Flower flies) , and Asilidae (Robber flies). Bee flies are usually fast flying insects with appearances of small bees, while Robber Flies are commonly larger, slower flying, and a few resemble Bumble Bees.
Flies are small flying insects belonging to the order Diptera distinguished by a mobile head, two large compound eyes, a single pair of flying-wings, and an appendage-like structure used for sucking. They exhibit excellent species diversity and are abundant almost in all parts of the world.
Insect Flight. True flight is shared only by insects, bats, and birds. Examples of other animals that are capable of soaring are flying fish, flying squirrels, flying frogs, and flying snakes. The capacity for flight in insects is believed to have developed some 300 million years ago, and initially consisted of simple extensions of the cuticle ...
Flying insects are some of the most fascinating creatures on our planet, and a vast array of types belong to different orders and families. Each flying insect has unique characteristics and behaviors, from the vibrant butterflies to the elusive moths, the buzzing bees to the delicate damselflies.
Ceratopogonidae (punkies, no-see-ums) — small but vicious biters that have been linked to the spread of several roundworm, protozoan, and viral pathogens in humans and other animals. Muscidae (House flies) — these are among the most cosmopolitan of all insects.
fly, (order Diptera), any of a large number of insects characterized by the use of only one pair of wings for flight and the reduction of the second pair of wings to knobs (called halteres) used for balance. The term fly is commonly used for almost any small flying insect.