2006-11-06 11:38:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
a bug
2006-11-06 11:49:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Wings are an anatomical feature, but the nickname flies is a colloquial name, so scientifically they might be placed in a different order but their status would remain much the same. With the present interest in herpetology, Black snakes (Elaphe obsoleta) are being bred as an albino form, but the still are the same species...We have developed wingless fruit flies (Dryosphilia) and they are still called flies. So what is in a name? Scientifically they remain the same with or without wings.
2006-11-06 15:14:13 · answer #2 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say this, but Beetle, who usually gives excellent, insightful answers, is incorrect. Fleas are not closely related to flies at all - fleas are in an entirely different order, the siphonaptera. Thus, flies, which, as Beetle correctly notes, are dipterans, would be much closer related to any number of flightless dipterans, such as ants, than to fleas.
2006-11-06 13:08:59 · answer #3 · answered by sammy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is this a joke or somthin? If that is I'll say a walk. They don't fly! But if flies didn't have wings, I'll call them dead.
2006-11-06 13:21:22 · answer #4 · answered by Cheesecakeextreme 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This might be a smart *** answer, but if they didn't have wings, they would probably be called fleas, which are their closest taxonomic relatives, just the fleas dont have wings, so hey you never know!!!!
Well considering they are now called Diptera, they would probably be called Aptera hahaha
2006-11-06 11:42:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dirt
2006-11-06 11:40:43 · answer #6 · answered by James L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Democrats.
2006-11-06 11:51:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mutilated!
2006-11-06 11:41:53 · answer #8 · answered by Faerie loue 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I say they would be ants, or little creepy bugs.
2006-11-06 11:46:53 · answer #9 · answered by Adelie G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They would be called "walks."
2006-11-06 11:42:56 · answer #10 · answered by mjteegarden 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋