Flies can be a noun or a verb. As a noun, it is the plural of fly, which is a type of small winged insect.
How long does a fly live in your house?
The adult housefly can live up to one month in the wild. The fruit fly also lives for approximately 30 days after reaching adulthood. Flies survive longest in warmer temperatures and their ideal temperatures—between 75 and 80 degrees—are those found in most American homes.
What fly only lives for 24 hours?
Mayflies only live 16-24 hours but common house flies live 1-2 months or so. And gnats only live for a week or more, also there is many flies such as mayflies, dragonflies, damselflies, stoneflies, whiteflies, fireflies, alderflies, dobsonflies, snakeflies, sawflies, caddisflies, and scorpionflies.
Where are flies born?
The eggs are white and are about 1.2 mm (0.05 in) in length, and they are deposited by the fly in a suitable place, usually dead and decaying organic matter, such as food waste, carrion, or faeces. Within a day, larvae (maggots) hatch from the eggs; they live and feed where they were laid.
How long can a fly live without food or water?
A ventral comparison of adult stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus) (left), and house fly, Musca domestica Linnaeus (right). Photograph by Jim Kalisch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Adults usually live 15 to 25 days, but may live up to two months. Without food, they survive only about two to three days.