insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing

a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies

scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly

travel through the air; be airborne

common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases

bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds

fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals

bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects

a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies

scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly