Interesting Information About the Housefly by Insect-O-Cutor (2024)

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House fly eyes are compound organs that are comprised of thousands of individual lenses. Compound eyes are capable of detecting both the polarization of light and color spectrums unseen by humans. House fly eyes can recognize even the slightest movements in a wide field.

The house fly, Musca domestica Linnaeus, is a well-known cosmopolitan pest of both farm and home. This species is always found in association with humans or the activities of humans. It is the most common species found on hog and poultry farms, horse stables and ranches.

Flies have a pair of fully developed wings on the thorax, and a knobby, vestigial second pair of wings, called halteres, that are used primarily for balance. The fly's six legs also connect to the thorax and are made of five segments. The housefly has a hard exoskeleton that protects it from moisture loss.

The life expectancy of a housefly is generally 15 to 30 days and depends upon temperature and living conditions. Flies dwelling in warm homes and laboratories develop faster and live longer than their counterparts in the wild.

framework, adult Diptera (flies and mosquitoes) and Blattodea (co*ckroaches and termites) satisfy six criteria, constituting strong evidence for pain.

For flies it was discovered that they do not see colour gradients like humans (as below.) But flies see colours in 4 discrete categories (yellow, green, purple and uv) Which means they only see 4 colours and not a gradient.

Flies are just like us – they spend the entire day buzzing around with their friends and get pretty tired at bedtime. Before sunset, a sleepy fly will try and find a safe place to rest. Some favourite places are on the undersides of leaves, twigs, and branches, or even in tall grass or under rocks.

While you might think that the fly has two large eyes, it actually has five eyes. The two that we can see are its compound eyes. Then, there are three smaller eyes on the top of the head. The smaller eyes are called ocelli and while the compound eyes are complex, the ocelli simply process movement.

Flies quite literally eat poo but they also clean up other waste too, helping clean-up after us humans. They can eat our household waste and divert it from going into landfill. The black soldier fly, for example, can have up to 600 larvae, with each of these quickly consuming half a gram of organic matter per day.

Unlike mosquitoes that transmit pathogens of human health importance in their saliva, house flies transmit pathogens on their feet and body. As well as leaving behind pathogen-filled footprints, the flies leave their poop on our food. They vomit too. Flies don't have teeth.

What can house flies do to you? ›

House flies, for example, can spread diseases such as food poisoning and dysentery. Flies, including stable flies and mosquitoes (which are also classified as flies, or Diptera), can inflict painful bites while feeding on the blood of humans and other animals, and some species transmit disease.

The average American eats 90 chicken wings a year. Americans consumed 1.25 billion chicken wings on Super Bowl Sunday alone, which would circle the Grand Canyon 120 times. One chicken wing usually contains about 141 calories, without sauce. The average American can eat 12 chicken wings in one sitting.

Flies rub their hands together to clean themselves off.

Flies have small sensors all over their bodies that carry taste receptors. When flies walk around, these sensors can get clogged with dirt, dust, and food particles. So when a fly rubs its little hands together, it's getting ready to taste its next delicious meal.

Flies quite literally eat poo but they also clean up other waste too, helping clean-up after us humans. They can eat our household waste and divert it from going into landfill. The black soldier fly, for example, can have up to 600 larvae, with each of these quickly consuming half a gram of organic matter per day.

Adult: The house fly is 5 to 7 mm long, with the female usually larger than the male. Its head has reddish-eyes and sponging mouthparts. The thorax bears four narrow black stripes and there is a sharp upward bend in the fourth longitudinal wing vein.

What is the highest altitude commercial planes can fly? The highest a commercial airliner has ever flown is up to 18,288 metres! This amazing feat was achieved by a Concorde airplane. The highest a military airplane has been able to fly is about 27,432 metres.

Body size ranges from about 5 to 7 mm (0.2 to 0.3 inch), and the conspicuous compound eyes have approximately 4,000 facets. Because it has sponging or lapping mouthparts, the housefly cannot bite; a near relative, the horse fly, however, does bite.