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Why Do Mosquito Bites Itch?
Here's a gross fact: a female mosquito's mouth consists of multiple tubes.
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Housefly
An adult housefly (Musca domestica) on a doughnut
Avril Ramage/© Oxford Scientific Films Ltd.
Dipteran diversity
Diversity among dipterans. Line scales indicate the approximate size of each insect.
From Inverebrate Identification Manual by Richard A. Pimentel, © 1967 by Litton Educational Publishing, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Antarctic midge
An adult Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) resting on moss. The insect is a species...
© Igor Gvozdovskyy (CC BY 4.0)
Horsefly
An adult horsefly (Tabanus trimaculatus).
Fran Hall—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
Northern house mosquito
A female northern house mosquito (Culex pipiens) feeding on a human.
© Asadykov/Dreamstime.com
Mediterranean fruit fly
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata).
Scott Bauer—ARS/USDA
Housefly life cycle
Life cycle of the housefly.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Maggots
A maggot is the larval stage of a fly's metamorphosis.
© Drzaribu/Dreamstime.com
Greenbottle fly
Rotated views of common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata).
© Alekss/stock.adobe.com
Long-legged fly
A female long-legged fly (Condylostylus species) resting on a leaf.
© Liew Weng Keong/Shutterstock.com
Mosquito larvae
The aquatic larvae of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
© Whitepointer—iStock/Getty Images
Crane fly
Range crane fly (Tipula simplex)
Stephen Dalton—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Robber fly
An adult robber fly preying on another fly.
© Atarel/Dreamstime.com
Tsetse flies
A mating pair of tsetse flies (Glossina brevipalpis).
© Dean Calma/IAEA
Fly pollination
Thick-headed fly (Conops quadrifasciatus) on a flower.
André Karwath aka

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Arthropod diversity
Explore the major groups of athropods and the largest insect families with this interactive.
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