surprising facts about flies

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Flies are one of the most diverse species of insects found in the world as there exists around 30,000 different species of flies. They are usually spotted at unhygienic places, around homes and around food items. Flies are considered nuisance by most people as they not only cause uneasiness but also spread diseases as they can easily carry germs and bacteria from contaminated sites to clean sites and food. They are known to cause diseases like typhoid fever, dysentery, cholera, yaws, anthrax, leprosy, tuberculosis and more. Here are some of the interesting facts about flies:


- Flies have a shorter life span and they usually live up to a period of 30 days. This sounds good to know and you don't need to worry in case a fly is trapped in your house. However flies lay up to 3,000 eggs in their lifetime of one month which can prove to be quite troublesome if a female house fly get trapped.


- Flies belong to the class of insects called Diptera which means "two wings" while all other insects have four wings. Flies wings beat for about 200 times per second and continue to beat as long as their feet are free. The wings stop beating or flying when either the fly is on ground or feet are not moving.


- Another interesting fact about flies is that they jump up and backwards when taking off, so if you swipe at them from behind they will generally jump straight into your palm. Flies fly with an average speed of 4.5 mph.


- Flies posses a very strong vision and it is due to this reason that it is very difficult to catch and kill them. They have two eyes and over 4,000 lenses per eye and thus are very sensitive to the movement. So for killing a fly it is necessary to be very fast in movement.


- Flies defecate every 4-5 minutes and thus cause diseases either by contaminating the food items or by defecating on people. Another reason that why it's easy for them to infect the food is due to their capability of sticking on a particular surface for a long time. This is due to the presence of glue like substance on the pads of their feet.


- Flies vomit on solid food before consuming it. This is because flies can only consume food in liquid form and cannot directly swallow the solid food. They consume solid food by reiterating saliva onto it which liquefies the solid material.


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