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Flies
Questions about fruit flies, horse flies, common house flies, or any other insect with a single pair of wings.
2,194 Questions
What's wrong if there are flies gathering around the window and walls of an apartment?
Where do gnats and fruit flies come from?
Like most insects, fruit flies and gnats develop from eggs. they lay their eggs the eggs which are called larvae. Larvae then hatches and maggots come out. Maggots then turn into puparium (cocoon like). Then these hatch into fruit flies. The hole ordeal take 48 hours.
Its body is similar to a bee, and the wings are shaped like a moth. I know it is not a dragonfly.
What has a black body 4 orange legs long stinger and orange wings?
This is most likely a crane fly. They resemble a wasp. Crane flies do not sting or bite and pose no harm to humans.
What does it mean when yellow jackets fly close to the ground?
That they are escaping predators, seeking food or turning in for the night is what it means when yellow jackets fly close to the ground.
Specifically, yellow jackets (Dolichovespula, Vespula spp) can be included among ground-nesting insects. They may be spotted heading toward or hovering over the ground when they are intent upon a surface-dwelling food source. They also may be attempting to reach the safety of home, either because their day's work is complete or because a predator is in hot pursuit.
How is the life cycle of a Housefly similar to the Darner dragonfly?
The life cycle of a housefly is similar to that of a dragonfly as they both spend most of their lifecycle time in their pupal stage.
Why do you get dead flies on your trampoline?
Because when there old they know there about to die and land on something and like a trampoline and await there death.
adding to the person above me, usually their deaths are very tragic and sad, landing on a trampoline provides them a little comfort through this saddening process.
What kind of insect lives in a dirt mound and flies with stripes on it's lower body?
This sounds like a Cicada Killer Wasp:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2078A.html
The above article says they have a brief season following hatching of cicadas, which they eat. They dig obvious holes with mounds of sand or dirt near them, are more than an inch long with a striped body. They are alarming looking, but the flying males have no sting, and the underground (generally) females are very non-aggressive and rarely sting.
Why is underground an advantage to maggots?
The undergroud is an advantage to maggots because maggots like the dark and it has lots of nutrients ( like dead bodies) that they need to grow into flies. Also predators can't see them.
How are dragonflies helpful to people?
They eat smaller bugs that are pests to us. I heard they eat mosquitoes.
They eat mosquitos.
Why does shining a laser in a fly's eyes have no affect on it and it doesn't fly way?
My guess is because the insect compound eye and given that a laser is one directional only a small portion of the eye sense the light as a small insignificiant obect not enough to scare the insect into flight. again only a guess
Ants have many parts to its name.
Antennas
Head
Thorax (middle section of the body)
Abdomen
Legs
Hope that helped :)
The life cycle of house flies is extremely short, many times only two days. This allows the E. coli bacteriophages in their guts to be passed on to the next generation without being jeopardized.
I think its a moth, because when you rub on its wings the scales rub off easily.
HOW does the fly kill a fire ant?
A female fly lays an egg in the ant's soft tissues, and in the process of development, the resulting larvae kills the ant.
When a fly sits and drinks the juice of any food through it's proboscis, the germs it carries get into the food. Now when this contaminated food is eaten by us, the germs enters our body. Thus, the fly spread diseases like cholera, typhoid etc.
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mayfly larvae eat the stems of water plants, vegetation growing on rocks and other small creatures
Can peppermint oil get rid of flies?
Yes. Peppermint, although it has a pleasant aroma and taste to humans, is naturally disliked by many insects, including mosquitoes, fleas, ants and flies.
Some suggestions for using it as an insect repellent include strategic placement of cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil, topical application on the body, or the use of various concoctions containing peppermint oil that can be sprayed over a broader area.
A couple of links are given below, with more information.
That was the worst answer ever, but do not worry i have the same one on my lip and it REALLY ITCHES. try putting ice on it. it might be a mosquito bite or maybe a cold sore. if it gets worse i would see a doctor.
Where do flies come from and multiply?
When a Mommy and Daddy Fly love each other very much they start reproduce and lay eggs. Creating the world's worst creation maggots.
Note: Flies only have a lifespan of a day, so they will probably have new dozen baby maggots every day!
They do-their life cycle is 4-stage. Egg, larvae (maggots) pupae and then adult.
Try placing outside your home on your deck; a fly zapper with a flourescent bulb in it, of a similar wavelength. I guess its warm where you are.
Follow up:
Honey bees and most insects inclusive are attracted to ultraviolet light (UV).
The basics of the flourescent tube will create all UV light of which is converted to visable (to us) light by phosphors inside the tube. A proportion of this is still UV and will attract insects.
Placing the fly-zapper outside will work to combat the problem as they are more attracted to the special UV type lights incorporated in them.
Some harmless flies resemble bees and waspswhat is this mechanism?
Some harmless flies resemble bees and wasps. This mechanism is called mimicry and is used as a defense or to protect the flies from predators.
