What do flies eat?
House flies like to stay in houses and nibble from people's plates. But what exactly do the animals prefer in terms of food and how do they actually eat?
What the animals eat
- Generally speaking, houseflies can consume exactly the same foods as humans.
- For example, they eat carbohydrates that they get from baked goods and sugary foods, among other things.
- But proteins are also part of their diet. The houseflies ingest these not only through meat and dairy products, but also through pus and blood.
This is how the insects eat
- House flies can only ingest liquid, which does not prevent the animals from going to solid food sources.
- So that insects who can actually eat solid food at all, they put saliva on them in order to liquefy them.
- The food is then ingested through the housefly's trunk.
- To fly can also taste good, by the way. However, this does not happen in the trunk, but through the tiny hairs on the front legs of the insect.
One thing is certain: the menu of flies usually does not sound like that to us humans ...
More interesting facts about houseflies
In addition to the food intake of the housefly, there are other interesting facts about the insect.
- A female housefly can lay up to 150 eggs at a time. She does this up to seven times in her life.
- The young flies reach sexual maturity about ten days after hatching - relatively late, considering that their life is half over by then. House flies only reach an age of around 20 days.
- The housefly is at home almost everywhere. You can find them in Europe, Australia, Africa, America and Asia.
- The housefly is one of the most powerful vectors of disease worldwide. Since in Germany, however, most serious illnesses thanks to modern medicine and Hygiene measures are curbed or completely defeated, there is no need to fear in this country Have contagion.
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