Focus on Flies

The housefly shares horrible habits with thousands of other two-winged insects that belong to the family of true flies. Gnats, midges, black flies, horse flies, African tsetse flies, and, of course, the most despised and dangerous member of the fly family, the mosquito. The fly has outlived the dinosaurs and adapted to life in almost every environment on earth. With itrs"s huge compound eyes, ability to fly, flip over and walk upside-down, it escapes even the craftiest predators.

Norma Dixon is the author of the Lowdown on Earthworms and his now researching the lowdown on mollusks. Norma has worked as a writer and a school programs guide at the Vancouver Museum and the VanDusen Botanical Gardens.

Horrible Habits of the Housefly	p. 4
Hanging Around Humans
The Pharaoh's Flies
Home Inspection
Fly Collection
Two-Winged Flyers	p. 8
True Flies
False Flies
Dinosaur Days
Fossil Flies
Fly-Versity
Great Adaptations
Fly Field Trip	p. 12
Join a BioBlitz
Classified Flies	p. 14
Naming Species
How to Classify a Fly
Sorting Fly Families
Anatomy of a Fly	p. 17
Skeleton
Head's Up!
Fly Locomotion
Inside a Fly
The Life of a Fly	p. 22
Life Cycle of a Blowfly
Life Cycle of a Mosquito
Trapping Fruit Flies	p. 25
A Fly's World	p. 26
Fly Facts and Feats	p. 28
Glossary	p. 30
Further Reading on Flies	p. 31
Index	p. 32
Photo Credits	p. 32
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