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Questions about fruit flies, horse flies, common house flies, or any other insect with a single pair of wings.

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What eats crane flies?

They do not have mouths as far as researchers know. They only have to mate lay eggs and then die. Their larval stages are called 'leather jackets' and eat roots of plants. They live in the soil for a year, pupate and metamorphose into crane flies.

What do black ants like to eat?

black ants usually eat sweet things like fallen gum,icecream,soda ex.

Do maggots wriggle?

Maggots will usually eat dead. Don't worry about them eating you but some cases have been reported about them eating necrotic/dead tissue on a live person. They are important to the world because they eat dead things. They have tiny tiny mouths so it will take them a long time to eat a whole dead rat or bird. They also eat ants-- I saw one chasing an ant in my house!

Why flies hate the cold?

A fly's activity level is seriously affected by cold weather. It becomes much less active and if the cold temperatures continue, the fly will eventually die.

Do flies fly in the rain?

Well, it depends on what kind of fly you mean like, a horse fly a tiny fly a house fly, a horse fly is most likely to fly in the rain without dying or drowning

Where in the US do bot flies live?

Don't worry! They live in parts of Mexico and southern America!

What does it mean when there is a black fly in your house?

There is nothing really special about the spider. It has no special power except to scare people. Just get rid of it in a way that sits well with you.

Does a fly defecate?

Yes, fish can vomit when they eat something that doesn't agree with them, in fact, there is a species of shark that can vomit it's entire stomach out of it's mouth to clear out whatever is causing it's upset, and then it's stomach will return to it's correct location in it's body.

Can turkys fly?

Wild turkeys are capable of flying fairly long distances of up to a few hundred meters/yards.

Domestic turkeys in a feed lot, are capable of flying if they escape confinement, but generally are kept in conditions that do not allow flight - to keep their musclature tender and edible.

How many legs dose A fly larva have?

All insect larvae have six legs, like the adults. Caterpillars and some other types also have multiple prolegs, the stubby little balloon legs, but those aren't true legs and are lost while pupating into the adult insect. Beetle larvae don't have prolegs, just the six that will make it into the adult form.

How do you control infestation on bugs at home?

It depends on what kinds of bugs you are talking about. Different bugs react to different things. Spraying an area with a vinegar can keep ants away for some time. If you shop at Costco you can get a ridiculously huge bottle of vinegar for just a couple bucks. Boric Acid (the stuff in Borax hand soap, but concentrated, and available at hardware stores in the pest control section) is actually less poisonous than table salt but can get rid of ants, roaches, fleas, and other pesky pests. Just using it by itself, it is repellent. The bug will stay away from it but not be poisoned by it. Better is to mix it with maple syrup. Too strong and they'll still just stay away, too weak and they won't be killed by it. But if you get it just right they'll carry it away to their colonies and the entire colony will die in a matter of days. (Ants will feed it to their queen, and when she dies they will go away, roaches will just share it amongst themselves.) If fleas are your problem, just leave it in powder form and sprinkle it sparingly on your carpets. A spray bottle of hand soap and water makes an effective ant killer, though it will just get the ones you see - they won't carry it home with them because they'll be dead from it. m

What is the young fly called?

A young fly is commonly referred to as a maggot. They get around by crawling since they have not developed their wings yet.

How do house flies defend itself from predators?

The main defense of house flies is that it is quick and it can fly. It will simply fly away from other things that cannot fly and it senses danger before it gets to them so that is why they seem so quick.

What is the best way to catch flies?

There is no way to get rid of all the insects, but there is one way to keep them away. That is to burn poop of a cow, and let the smoke go throughout where you don't want the flies. For this you have to burn were is safe and not the died grass or you'll burnthe farm. You don't need to put in flames but in smoke. This is for real. By the way it doesn't smell bad.

Different types of fly?

there is the fruit fly,house fly,black fly there are probolly about 20 different types of flies.

How do the raindears fly?

We believe that Santa gives the raindeer magic to fly.

Do fruit flies live in groups?

House flies are solitary insects. They only interact with each other long enough to mate, and then they go their separate ways.

Will you get maggots if there's a fly in your house?

Flies look for a food source upon which to lay their eggs and provide nourishment for the developing maggots. If there is no moist food available for the fly to deposit her eggs, then you will not get maggots in your house.

How many flies does a spider eat?

Despite common belief frogs do not actually eat flies; they can't even catch them. The praying mantis is known for being the only animal in the world that is fast enough to catch flies. But how about I talk about mosquitoes? Frogs will eat Thousands of those a year.

How do you get rid of flies in the garden?

Horticultural oils and insecticidal soaps are products that kill greenfly whereas ladybugs are natural enemies and predators. The insects in question (Aphidoidea superfamily) number among the soft-bodied insects whose immature and mature stages easily can be controlled by home-made soapy water sprays or store-bought insecticidal soaps. The egg stages respond to horticultural oils.

How fast does a deer botfly flies?

it was once reported going at the speed of 800mph but was proved wrong using logic.

the facts were:

  • To maintain a velocity of 800 miles per hour, the 0.3-gram fly would have had to consume more than 150% of its body weight in food every second;
  • The fly would have produced an audible sonic boom;
  • The supersonic fly would have been invisible to the naked eye; and
  • The impact trauma of such a fly colliding with a human body would resemble that of a gunshot wound

later it was calculated that the same fly was moving at a rate of speed around 25 mph, but the fastest a deer botfly was recorded was aprox. 50mph

AnswerYears ago the speed of a deerfly was published as nearly "the speed of sound". The experiment, the experimenter and the data has been thoroughly debunked....

Additional information:

We have clocked deerflies in Wisconsin while cycling on the Lacrosse River Trail and the "400" Rails-to-Trails trail. They become somewhat discouraged after a few hundred yards at 12 miles per hour. You can actually escape them at 14.7 miles per hour.

Why are fruit flies dangerous?

No, fruit flies don't carry any pathogens harmful to humans. When I was younger we used to make our own vinegar with the help of fruit flies. When we were making wine we'd set some open bottles off to the side. The fruit fly would enter and lay her eggs. While she was doing that, she'd inadvertently inoculate the wine with the acetic acid producing bacteria. They have a symbiotic relationship. The acidification would be repugnant to fruit fly predators. Soon, you'd see the little "Vinegar eels" swimming in the wine. It wasn't long after that and you had Vinegar. Leave out a bottle of finished wine and they'll turn it to vinegar the first chance they get. Now you can buy, "Mother of Vinegar" to pour into the wine or fruit juice to make vinegar. More than the air born pollutant, the vintner puts air traps or "bubblers" over his wine fermenting finishing bottles to keep out fruit flies. Fruit flies aren't dangerous to humans but, they can sure ruin a good bottle of wine. The maggots don't present any danger to humans. Source(s): I make a bottle or two of wine every year. They sell Camden tablets to kill the bacteria and halt the growth of the acetic acid transformation. However, it doesn't eliminate the acid already formed.in the finished wine.

Are flies born full size?

No. Flies lay eggs, which hatch into maggots, which become pupae, which then become flies.