Fly
Of Diptera and dipterous insect.
Two-winged insects characterized by active flight.
This concept's ID is @1~11336
Contains
- gadfly
Any of various large flies that annoy livestock.
- blowfly
Large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds.
- horn fly
Small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially...
- alula
Scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
- housefly
Common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases.
- bee fly
Hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and...
- tsetse fly
Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
- flesh fly
Fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals.
- tachina fly
Bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important...