What are halteres?
Q: What are halteres?
A: Halteres are small knobbed structures modified from the hind wings in flies.
Q: What is the function of halteres during flight?
A: Halteres vibrate during flight, and help the insect fly better.
Q: How did halteres evolve?
A: The halteres evolved from wings.
Q: How many pairs of wings did ancestral flying insects have?
A: Ancestral flying insects had two pairs of wings.
Q: Do dragonflies still have two pairs of wings?
A: Yes, dragonflies still have two pairs of wings.
Q: Which insect groups still have two pairs of wings?
A: Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera still have two pairs of wings.
Q: How many pairs of wings do flies have?
A: Flies have only the front pair of wings.
