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A fact from Fly appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 August 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that flies (crane fly pictured) have a single pair of wings for flight, the hind wings being modified into tiny gyroscopic organs known as "halteres"?

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Behind "aid in decomposition", a source could be useful such as ^[1] ~2026-17547-13 (talk) 18:24, 20 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

It would be, but a) the statement is already cited to a general source, and b) you've suggested a single-species source, which doesn't support the general claim made in the text. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:54, 20 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

↑ Broeckx, Laurens; Frooninckx, Lotte; Slegers, Laurien; Berrens, Siebe; Noyens, Isabelle; Goossens, Sarah; Verheyen, Geert; Wuyts, Ann; Van Miert, Sabine (2021). "Growth of Black Soldier Fly Larvae Reared on Organic Side-Streams". Sustainability. 13 (23) 12953. doi:10.3390/su132312953.

[1] Broeckx, Laurens; Frooninckx, Lotte; Slegers, Laurien; Berrens, Siebe; Noyens, Isabelle; Goossens, Sarah; Verheyen, Geert; Wuyts, Ann; Van Miert, Sabine (2021). "Growth of Black Soldier Fly Larvae Reared on Organic Side-Streams". Sustainability. 13 (23) 12953. doi:10.3390/su132312953.

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