Diptera: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Diptera • true fly

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Dipteran diversity

Antarctic midge

A Culex pipiens mosquito feeds on human skin, its proboscis inserted as it draws blood.

Mediterranean fruit fly

Housefly life cycle

Close-up view of numerous pale, wriggling maggots clustered together, showing the segmented bodies of fly larvae.

Greenbottle fly

A metallic green long-legged fly with red eyes and slender yellow legs stands on a green leaf.

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Nematocera piums Brachycera Paragymnomma Cyclorrhapha maggot gnat Schizophora Megistorhynchus longirostris mosquito Lepidoptera annelid heteropteran Coleoptera Hymenoptera crustacean mollusk arachnid neuropteran Odonata

Lion (panthera leo)

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The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is seen in Switzerland on December 2024

Animal Factoids

wasp. Vespid Wasp (Vespidaea) with antennas and compound eyes drink nectar from a cherry. Hornets largest eusocial wasps, stinging insect in the order Hymenoptera, related to bees. Pollination

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

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