Diptera

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Common Name: flies

Order Name Means: "two wings"

Halteres on metathorax; one pair of wings

Immatures known as maggots

Neopterous, Endopterygotes

Mouthparts vary from non-functioning to biting or sucking

Larvae (maggots) without jointed legs, sclerotized head