Adding too many "drama", aka irrelevant and false facts, does make it pretty hard to guess what insect you're talking about.
We all add the "plane = flying insect" thing. But leading to false directions with 24h live, and fighting against an ennemy (i mean, seriously, fighting flies ? like dieing and all ?) that they don't even really have as flies (except spiders and birds, but your ennemies are clearly other flying insects).
So, conclusion : thanks for the reading, trying to "humanize" the insect is good, and adds to the fiction, but don't add accurate (24h) nonsense, if you want people to find wich thing you're talking about.