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The prothorax is notably elongated and mobile, giving the group its common name of snakefly. The three pairs of legs are similar in size and appearance. The two pair of dragonfly-like wings are similar in size, with a primitive venation pattern, a thickened leading edge, and a coloured wingspot, the pterostigma. Inocelliids lack a cross vein in ...
The larvae of the green bottle fly (Lucilia fly) are now used exclusively for this purpose, since they preferentially devour only necrotic tissue, leaving healthy tissue intact. This is an important distinction, as most other major varieties of myiasitic fly larvae attack both live and dead wound tissue indiscriminately, effectively negating ...
The tiger bee fly, Xenox tigrinus, is an insect of the family Bombyliidae (bee flies) found in the eastern United States and southern Ontario. [1] It formerly went by the name Anthrax tigrinus. [2] The distinctive wing pattern may resemble tiger stripes, giving the tiger bee fly its name.
Feeding bites may also contain digestive enzymes, as in spiders; spider bites have primarily evolved to paralyse and then digest prey. A sting comes from the abdomen; in most insects (which are all largely hymenopterans), the stinger is a modified ovipositor, [16] which protrudes from the abdomen. The sting consists of an insertion wound, and ...
The Mydidae (sometimes misspelled as "Mydaidae"), or Mydas flies, are a cosmopolitan family of flies. It is a small family, with about 471 species described. [ 1 ] They are generally large in size, including the largest known fly, Gauromydas heros ( syn. Mydas heros ).
The sting of a bullet ant has been compared to being shot with a firearm, and is said to be the most painful of any insect bite. ‘Naked and Afraid’ contestants suffer world's most painful ...
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Bibionidae (March flies) is a family of flies containing approximately 650–700 species worldwide.Adults are nectar feeders and emerge in numbers in spring. Because of the likelihood of adult flies being found in copula, they have earned colloquial names such as "love bugs" or "honeymoon flies".