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Instead, the flies sense change with two biological gyroscopes called halteres.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2014

The Greeks probably started from a standstill and swung handheld weights, known as halteres, to provide momentum on takeoff and allow them to extend their feet farther forward on landing.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2012

Just behind the trailing edge of each wing they had "halteres": small rods with round balls on their ends.

From Time Magazine Archive

If these "halteres" are cut off, the fly is like an airplane lost in a cloud with all its instruments out of order.

From Time Magazine Archive

Antennæ piceous; fore part of the pectus, abdomen and legs tawny, the latter with diffuse blackish bands; wings grey, veins black, with the usual structure, tawny towards the base; halteres testaceous.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various