Whoops! You left the door open, and one of the world’s least favorite flying guests just zipped inside: the house fly. Flies ...

Diptera flies possess modified hind wings that have evolved into tiny, sticklike structures with a knob at the end, called halteres. Their vibrations help the insects stabilize their bodies while ...

Halteres are modified wings loaded with sensory cells and are known to occur in only two insect orders: the Diptera and the Strepsiptera. The Strepsiptera are a small and unusual group of wasp ...