Flies are nasty and discusting little creatures aren’t they ! Well , they are also interesting and here are a few little factoids about these nasty insects.
Did You Know ?
*Flies have more than 4000 facets for sight in EACH eye.
*House flies feet are 10 million times more sensitive to the taste of sugar than the human tongue.
*The favorite color of house flies are red, followed by orange, black, violet, green, blue, white and yellow.
*Movement attracts flies more than color
*Flies have a smelling distance of more than 750 yards.
*A fly’s feeding range is usually limited to two (2) miles.
*The quantity and type of maggots and flies in a decomposing corpse can help a forensic entomologist estimate the time of death fairly accurately.
*During warm weather a fly can produce a family generation in less than two (2) weeks.
As Rosan Rosana Danna would say , ” well, isn’t that interesting !”