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By Sreehari

Common House Fly - Facts

These pests get their name from being the most common fly found around homes. Adult House flies can grow to one-quarter of an inch long and usually live between 15 and 25 days. House flies taste with their feet, which are 10 million times more sensitive to sugar than the human tongue!

Flies do not have teeth or a stinger. Their mouths absorb food like a sponge. They can only eat liquids but they can turn many solid foods into a liquid through spitting or vomiting on it. Their tongues are shaped like straws so they can suck up their food. They eat any wet or decaying matter, but they are particularly attracted to pet waste because the odor is strong and it is easy for them to find.


The fly is so alert because it has 8,000 eyes!!! Each eye has 4,000 single frame views. So the fly sees objects divided into small particles. A flower appears to a fly sort of like a mosaic puzzle. The fly can see above, below, behind, everywhere.

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