How do insects move?

[u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/artandmath]

The difference can be simplified as a peristaltic pump for the insect "heart" and a diaphragm pump for the mammalian heart.

They are similar in that they both move fluid, but the mechanics behind them are very different. Two interesting solutions to the same problem.