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| Topic: Where do all these flies come from? | |
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I never gave it much though, we do have flies over here, some places like farms, worse than others. Over here in my area it's okay, what one could consider normal.
I do remember, however, that when in central Australia it was insane! You really needed a fly net around your cap/hat or you'd got nuts. They tried to get into your eyes, ears, nose, mouth, any orifice. It was a problem for the Aboriginals too as they got used to it and didn't bother wafting them away. Some went blind because of it. I helped the local nurse make some informative material by drawing stuff for him, that's how I know. Now, watching African wild animal documentaries... all the animals are covered in flies? Okay, not to the extent they look black, lol, but loads of flies on them, regardless which animal. Including the lions. Also near/in their eyes. Where the bleep does this pest come from? Would it always have been that way or is it something as a result of what we humans have done, as usual? Does anyone know? |
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Stale water and organic waste attracts them for sure
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They fly in from other countries.
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I'm told, the schittfly is the state bird of Hawaii.
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Ah flies come from maggots........
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And them maggots come from where?
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But why is a fly named fly?
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Well, it has wings
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Well, it has wings Why is a spider called a spider then? And not 8 legs? 
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A fly with no wings is called a walk.
They have many other names other than fly. Some in Latin, some in curses. In the aussy outback many fly eggs live in the ground, only some species need rotten stuff. When it rains their cycle begins. About a week or two after the rain they emerge, in their billions (no joke) across the rain affected lands. They live only days to several weeks some species. If you happen to visit a week after rain, you will be their supply of water and food, they hope. Moisture and aroma attract them. A month later and while conditions allow, others will have emerged to replace the dead, so there is an almost continuous supply. They feed many other small critters, and plants, which would perish without them. Even in salt pan desert, with weeks of 40+ deg C heatwaves, they will annoy you at sunrise breakfast, and again in evenings till just around sunset. Hiding in the mid day heat, but not all. Cook so that dinner is served after dark, for less 'extras'. Flies have 2 wings, and 2 counter balancers, for aeronautical agility. If it lands on you and you gently blow on it, it grips down a bit, and is slower to jump when you swat it. Gotcha. In some places flies are harvested and dried and ground to make a flour, to eat. Yuk. Apparently tastes a bit nutty. A cartoon I saw: several flies cooperate to take off with a turd. The comment: 'A motion was passed and carried.' |
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A fly with no wings is called a walk. They have many other names other than fly. Some in Latin, some in curses. In the aussy outback many fly eggs live in the ground, only some species need rotten stuff. When it rains their cycle begins. About a week or two after the rain they emerge, in their billions (no joke) across the rain affected lands. They live only days to several weeks some species. If you happen to visit a week after rain, you will be their supply of water and food, they hope. Moisture and aroma attract them. A month later and while conditions allow, others will have emerged to replace the dead, so there is an almost continuous supply. They feed many other small critters, and plants, which would perish without them. Even in salt pan desert, with weeks of 40+ deg C heatwaves, they will annoy you at sunrise breakfast, and again in evenings till just around sunset. Hiding in the mid day heat, but not all. Cook so that dinner is served after dark, for less 'extras'. Flies have 2 wings, and 2 counter balancers, for aeronautical agility. If it lands on you and you gently blow on it, it grips down a bit, and is slower to jump when you swat it. Gotcha. In some places flies are harvested and dried and ground to make a flour, to eat. Yuk. Apparently tastes a bit nutty. A cartoon I saw: several flies cooperate to take off with a turd. The comment: 'A motion was passed and carried.' Unbelievable creatures they are for sure. I vaguely remember now after reading your post that I saw a documentary yonks ago, saying that flies can and will survive almost everything. And were and always will be on the planet. I'm not 100% sure now, as it's been a while, but I think they mentioned flies even would survive a nuclear blast in an area. I may look that up, hihi. Shouldn't be too difficult to find out since we have Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Fukushima, Tjernobyl... |
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Well, oddly enough that proves to be difficult to find :/
The fruitfly apparently is perfectly able to withstand a nuclear blast, much better even than cockroach. But cannot find out about the common fly... |
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Flies take off backwards. If you want to catch one, or swat it, approach from behind.
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I read somewhere they come from decaying bodies
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I read somewhere they come from decaying bodies
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And the insects are asking "where the heck did these humans come from?"...we were doing great until they showed up...hmmm...but from all evidence, we just have to wait...
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Well, oddly enough that proves to be difficult to find :/ The fruitfly apparently is perfectly able to withstand a nuclear blast, much better even than cockroach. But cannot find out about the common fly... There are many types of "common fly". House fly, bottle fly, horse fly... Perhaps, illumination can be cast upon the search, by learning about each sub-species. If a local university has an entomology department, it would be beneficial, to ask questions there. |
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