Flies Are The True Insect

Flies Are The True Insect

Flies are true insects.The order of Diptera, the name came  from the Greek.

Order: Diptera; Linnaeus, 1758

Scientific name: Diptera

Kingdom: Animalia

Class: Insecta

Length: Housefly: 0.6 – 0.7 cm

Lifespan: Housefly: 28 days, Culex pipiens: 7 days

Unlike other insects that have two pairs of wings.They has only one pair of membranous wings. Second pair of wings is reduced and looks like a pair of miniature drumsticks. This pair of wings (known as “halters”) is used for balancing during the flying process.

On average, the life cycle of a house fly only lasts for around 30 days, which means they don't live for long at all. However, in their short lifetime, they manage to accomplish quite a lot. House flies can lay up to 500 eggs in their lifetime which are usually in batches of around 75 to 150.