Developing flies jump without legs

Imagine jumping 25 times your body length in only 2.5 seconds. Impossible, right? Now imagine making that jump with no running start, having just gotten out of bed…and with no legs. Though utterly impossible for humans to conceive, some larval insects across many orders, including Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, and Diptera–the true flies, can do this by using their entire body to propel themselves.