Facts about flies

  • There are more than 300,000 species of flies. They were always around a person and were found on seven continents.
  • The average fly lives about 30 days.
  • Flies can save up to 3,000 eggs in their lives (for one month).
  • The flies have only two wings, this despite the fact that most insects have four. Their wings can flutter up to 200 times per second, and stop when sweat flies the surface.
  • The fly has more than 4000 lenses in the eye, but they still can not see well! Their vision may be bad, but they can detect movement well.
  • Flies jump up, then back, before moving forward!
  • Flies actually lay their eggs on food.
  • They have glue as a substance on their feet, which helps them to stay on the surface.
  • Flies cause vomiting on foods before they start eating. This is because they can only consume liquid, and their vomiting liquefies the food. In this case, the saliva completes the transformation of food into liquid before the fly swallows it.
  • Flies defecate every 4-5 minutes.
  • There are more than 16,000 species of flies in North America.
  • There are more flies on the planet than vertebrates.
  • Only on the caps of Arctic and Antarctic ice does the fly fly!
  • They can transmit such diseases as: typhoid fever, dysentery, anthrax, leprosy and tuberculosis.
  • Flies can really smell at a distance of more than 750 meters!
  • If you do not throw away the garbage, it can be the soil for prosperity for 30,000 flies!
  • There are twelve species of flies that are protected by the Endangered Species Protection Act in Hawaii.