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House Fly - Legs
Adult
Adult - Legs
- Adult - Overview
- Adult - Head
- Adult - Antennae
- Adult - Proboscis
- Adult - Thorax
- Adult - Wings
- Adult - Reproduction
Also attached to the thorax are the three pairs of legs, each made up of five segments: coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, and tarsus. The last portion (tarsus) is divided into five parts.
Leg of a house fly showing femur, tibia and five segmented tarsis with an enlargement of the tip of the tarsus showing claws and sticky pads (pulvilli).
At the tip of the tarsus is a pair of claws with a fleshy pad (pulvillus) by each. The pulvilli are bladder-like with tiny glandular hairs causing a sticky surface which enables the fly to cling to surfaces, even upside down.
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