Do flies have a skeleton?

Question

As we were driving, I noticed that a fly had hit the windscreen and I watched as the resulting liquid spread across the windscreen. I commented to my husband, that it was strange just seeing liquid and no skeleton. He said, flies don't have skeletons. I thought they did.

Can anyone tell me if flies do have skeletons?

Answer 1

Exo-skeletons

Answer 2

They have exoskeletons - i.e. on the outside.

Answer 3

They have exoskeletons (aka outer skeletons).

A skeleton doesn't have to be made of bones, it can be any structure rigid enough to support various tissues and organs. The flies' skeleton is the outer shell you see.

Answer 4

invertebrates have a exo-skeleton  

Answer 5

  Their skin is their skeleton.

Answer 6

no they don't i actually don't think that any insects have bones

Answer 7

Flies (and all insects) have EXOSKELETONS.  They do not have 'bones'.  Their very hard skin is the "leverage" to which their muscles attach and pull.

Answer 8

Insects, like all arthropods, have an exoskeleton.  Simply put, this is like having your bones on the outside, surrounding your organs and muscles.  Arachnids, Insects, Crustaceans, and the rest of the arthropods are this way.

"Invertebrates have an exoskeleton" - Not true.  Gastropods (slugs and snails), bivalves (clams and oysters), cephalopods (squid and octopuses), and echinoderms (starfish, sea cucumbers, and urchins) are invertebrates and do not have exoskeletons.

Answer 9

No they do not have bone, they got: Exo-skeletons