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Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Insect/Mecoptera
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Scorpionflies Bittacidae_fg1.jpg Mecoptera Mecoptera Mecoptera (from the Greek: meco- = "long", ptera- = "wings") are an order of insects with about 550 species in nine families worldwide. The Bittacidae, or hangingflies, are a prominent family of elongate insects known for their elaborate mating rituals, in which females choose mates based on the quality of gift prey offered by various males.