Facts About Flies
- It has been calculated that there are approximately 10,000 for every single human being - that's about 60,000,000,000,000 flies.
- Throughout the world there are more than 85,000 different species of fly.
- During her 25-day lifespan, a female fly can lay more than 600 eggs.
- Even when a fly looks as though it's bouncing all around a room, it has probably got everything under control.
- Flies have a very sophisticated in-built gyroscope that constantly stabilises their movement.
- Flies can take off in any direction, not just forwards like most creatures.
- Because flies feet are sticky, they usually pick up small amounts of whatever they're standing in and take it to the next place that they go.
- A single fly is capable of carrying more than 6-million bacteria. As with many other insects, flies taste by using their feet.
- A typical houselfy can live for one month
- A mayfly will only usually live for about one hour
