Why do flies rub their hands together?

Answer 1

Turns out flies are not actually criminal masterminds. They rub their limbs together to clean them, getting gunk like pollen and dust out of sensory receptors—taste receptors, interestingly enough. Those receptors clue the flies in to what kind of surface they've landed on, so it's pretty important to keep them functional. Kind of ironic that such gross insects would place such a high priority on staying clean, but there you go.

Answer 2

World domination.

They seem to have a very clever plan of inciting hate against other species. Quite the expression of intelligence playing the game so many steps ahead. Strangely they seem to promulgate this stereotype to garner future victim status. Knowing why is the unanswered part of the question. Perhaps they know the age of veganism is here. Once all the humans stop eating meat they will die. Then the flies will feast. Also, they are washing their hands, duh, corona.

Answer 3

The final reason why flies rub their hands together is to protect themselves. When flies can be seen folding their legs over the mouth, the cleaning process extends. The flies remove the hairs positioned on their heads by doing this.

Answer 4

Flies rub their hands together to clean their mouthparts and to provide a better grip on surfaces while feeding. They also use this behavior to transfer and spread the saliva that helps them break down solid foods into liquids before ingesting them.

Answer 5

When you see flies sitting on the windowsill rubbing their legs together, they are cleaning themselves. ... They have to keep these sense organs clean so they can fly with precision to find food and mates and avoid predators.

Answer 6

The real answer is because flies have eggs on their hands if you leave food out a fly will go on it and rubs off their eggs soon later the eggs hatch and you will see maggots on that peice of food

Answer 7

When you see flies sitting on the windowsill rubbing their legs together, they are cleaning themselves. ... They have to keep these sense organs clean so they can fly with precision to find food and mates and avoid predators.

Answer 8

They are cleaning themselves. Their front legs in particular are covered in sense organs which need to be kept clean to work at their best. They can also often be seen cleaning their antennae, heads and wings.

Answer 9

they are throwing up saliva to digest their food. did you know that flies throw up almost every time they land?

Answer 10

Contrairement à ce que l'on pense généralement de ces insectes, les mouches sont des animaux qui apprécient particulièrement leur propreté. Voilà pourquoi on les voit souvent se frotter les mains.