What do flies eat? Detailed answer

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What do flies eat?

Due to their tiny size (1000 adult flies weigh 25-30 g), the common housefly does not need much food and will therefore find enough food for itself anywhere. Houseflies do not eat solid food because they have nothing to chew on.

The mouth of a fly is adapted only for the absorption of liquid food. The role of the "language" is performed by a proboscis resembling an elephant's trunk. It is also divided in two at the end, and these channels act as tubes through which liquid food is sucked.

The common belief that house flies bite before a thunderstorm is incorrect. It's just that in these cases, house flies are confused with other types of flies, such as desert flies or dung flies. These flies are blood-sucking, they bite people. But, if house flies don't bite, then why are they considered so dangerous to humans?

The fact is that the paws with pads and the body of the flies are covered with protruding hairs, and sticky mucus envelops their tongue. This means that dust and dirt constantly stick to the fly. And since house flies look for food everywhere, including garbage and sewage, there can be bacteria in the dirt and dust that stick to the fly, causing various diseases that pass to our food when a fly lands on it, and along with the food they get inside the human body.

Author: Likum A.

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