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One pair of wings

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The true flies and mosquitoes of Sabah and Sarawak — order Diptera.

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What is filed here

The true flies and mosquitoes — order Diptera. One pair of working wings, with the hind pair reduced to a pair of tiny balancing organs called halteres. This is the one wing-count folder that maps almost exactly onto a single order.

Mosquitoes

The Asian tiger mosquito of Sabah

Identification, behaviour and disease transmission — and how to tell a male from a female. The male has feathery antennae, feeds on plant nectar, and does not bite.

Fly families

The families recorded on this site, with their scientific names.

Identification charts

Photograph grids for comparing flies side by side — the fastest way to narrow down what you have.

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Insects of Borneo — the main index, with the groups that span the wing-count key: true bugs, stick insects and ants.