What are 3 insects that don't fly?
What are 3 insects that don't fly?
Wingless flies
- Chionea scita, a type of snow crane fly.
- Genus Badisis.
- Family Braulidae, or bee lice.
- Melophagus ovinus, or the sheep ked.
- Mystacinobia zelandica, the New Zealand batfly.
- Wingless midges. Genus Belgica, including Belgica antarctica, the Antarctic midge. Genus Pontomyia, marine flightless midges.
What fly lives for 5 minutes?
Researchers believe the record for shortest adult life span belongs to the female mayfly called Dolania americana. After spending a year or more living on the bottom of a stream in its aquatic nymph form, it emerges as a flying adult — and lives for less than five minutes.
Which fly has 1 day lifespan?
Mayflies only live for 24 hours and hold the record for the shortest living life cycle on earth. This might be good news to anyone who hates bugs, but not all bugs have short lifespans. There are a few bugs that can live for years, even decades.