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    • Green crane fly (Leptotarsus virescens) + close-up of a haltere.
    Rights: Grey Smith, CC BY 4.0 Published 31 October 2019 Size: 520 KB Referencing Hub media

    A green crane fly (Leptotarsus virescens) with a close-up of a haltere. Halteres oscillate rapidly along with the wings and operate like vibrating structure gyroscopes.

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      One of New Zealand’s most well known insects is the wētā, of the Orthoptera order, but there are thousands of other insects species, some of which we know very little about. Rights: Photo by Tom ...

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