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[Image Number] 10 [Image (Click to Enlarge)] Male and Female Crane Flies Tipula bicornis / Diptera May 11, 2007 Crane flies look like giant mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The female is the fly on the left, she has a thicker and more pointed abdomen. The male's ab... [Image Viewed] 1390 [Caption] 
Male and Female Crane Flies Tipula bicornis / Diptera May 11, 2007 Crane flies look like giant mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The female is the fly on the left, she has a thicker and more pointed abdomen. The male's abdomen has claspers for mating. True flies are in the order Diptera, meaning "2-winged"; all other winged insects have 4 wings. Flies have small, knobbed vestigal wings called "halteres" which are used as stabilizers. The halteres are not visible on these insects. True flies have the name "fly" as a second word, as opposed to a butterfly or dragonfly which are not flies.
Insects IV - True Flies, Dragonflies and insects with "fly" in their name
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