Diptera

Unlike most insects, which have four wings, the flies, as their Latin name Diptera suggests, have only two.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

Unlike most insects, which have four wings, the flies, as their Latin name Diptera suggests, have only two.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

Secondly, from the apparent progress of many animals to greater perfection, as in some insects, as the flies with two wings, termed Diptera; which have rudiments of two other wings, called halteres, or poisers; and in many flowers which have rudiments of new stamina, or filaments without anthers on them.

The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Erasmus Darwin 1766

Also, that wasn't a fly it was a mosquito but they are both in the order Diptera so you got pretty close. ricardian

Valkyrie Movie Trailer | /Film 2008

“As in a hairy-legged, two-winged, compound-eyed insect of the order Diptera?”

ATHENA THE BRAIN JOAN HOLUB 2010

“As in a hairy-legged, two-winged, compound-eyed insect of the order Diptera?”

ATHENA THE BRAIN JOAN HOLUB 2010

Some Diptera (flies) may be the main pollinators in higher elevations of mountains whereas '' Bombus '' species are the only pollinators among Apoidea in alpine regions at timberline and beyond.

Pollinator Wikipedia 2009

It's an article about Thalia dealbata being a death trap for flies of the order Diptera and some Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera.

It just gets better and better... Imogen 2009

It's an article about Thalia dealbata being a death trap for flies of the order Diptera and some Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera.

Archive 2009-08-01 Imogen 2009

Insects are the most diverse group of arctic animals; of approximately 3300 arctic species, about 50% are Diptera, 10% are beetles (Coleoptera), 10% are butterflies (Lepidoptera), and 10% are Hymenoptera.

Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009