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Why most flies fly alike: a new study pins the uniformity on physics, not ecology

A PLOS Biology analysis of 133 species shows Diptera converge on nearly identical wingbeat kinematics — and mosquitoes are the conspicuous exception.

Ingrid Solheim · Monexus Science desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·10 Jul 2026·Live on the wire ↗
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Desk note: this article frames the PLOS Biology result as a physics-constrained convergence story with mosquitoes as the documented outlier, anchored to the paper's kinematics dataset and the authors' own aerodynamic interpretation.

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