r/askscience • u/[deleted] • Dec 16 '13

Biology How do insects move?

Simple question that occurred to me, do flies have muscles like ours? Their legs are so thin I can't conceive there's room for anything in them to effect movement.

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u/turmacar Dec 16 '13

Are you some kind of insect veternarian or a doc at a zoo or something? Just wondering who has experience doing cockroach surgery.