When you watch a fly in normal flight, you can see the white drumstick-shaped halteres flapping up and down in opposition (antiphase) to the front wings. In lots of insects with two pairs of wings ...

Diptera flies possess modified hind wings that have evolved into tiny, sticklike structures with a knob at the end, called halteres. Their vibrations help the insects stabilize their bodies while ...

Sensory organs called halteres may play multiple roles in how flies behave, providing clues to how brains absorb and use multiple streams of information, new research indicates. Research from Case ...

All of the 200,000 species of flies that scientists have described have a pair of halteres and a pair of wings. (That includes mosquitoes, which, wouldn’t you know it, are flies too.) Most other ...

Experiments with two-winged insects, such as houseflies and mosquitoes, showed that they used their stunted hind "wings," called halteres, to detect forces that might throw them off-balance.

Some flies have specialised hindwings to help them take off faster, making them harder to swat. Many flies can be notoriously hard to catch. They manage to dodge incoming hazards by taking off ...