The silence which followed this vocal performance was broken only by the buzzing of a fly as it crossed the room, before it landed on Jane’s face. Diptera can be recognized by its single pair of membranous wings attached at the second thoracic ring, a pair of balancing antennae (to stabilize flight) on the third thoracic ring and a proboscis which pierces or sucks. When the fly began to move across Jane’s eye, Michel knew something was wrong. He leaned over Jane without touching her. “I think she’s dead,” he said after a brief examination.
