Flies Control Ubud – You see them every day, but how much do you really know about the common house fly? These tiny insects are among the most widespread pests on Earth, living alongside humans in nearly every corner of the globe. But behind that familiar buzz lies a creature with surprising abilities, and a shocking capacity to spread disease.
Here are some eye-opening facts about flies
- There are 120,000 species of flies
- Eliminating 1 female fly can reduce fly populations by up to 500 flies/year.
- Flies are the only insects with two wings.All others have four.
- The average house fly lives for 21 days.
- The average house fly is thought to carry 2 million bacteria on its body.
- Housefly’s feet are 10 million times more sensitive to the taste of sugar than the human tongue.
- Houseflies walk upside down using glue-oozing toe pads.
- To land upside down on the ceiling, flies grab it with their front legs and then somersault the rest of the body over.
- A fly beats its wings 200 times a second, 3 times faster than a hummingbird.
- The favourite colour of houseflies is red, followed by orange, black, violet, green, blue, white and yellow.
- Flies can lay 200 – 3000 eggs in a lifetime. A female will lay 75-150 eggs per batch and may lay several batches over a few days. Fly eggs hatch into maggots within 24.
- Flies can carry typhoid, cholera, diarrhoea, amoebic dysentry, T.B, anthrax, gangrene, bubonic plague, leprosy, scarlet fever and yellow fever.
- Flies don’t sting or bite, they stab.
- Despite having 4000 lenses in each eye, flies have bad vision, but are good at detecting movement.
- A fly’s vision is only sharp for 60 -90 cm.
Flies may seem like just a nuisance buzzing around your food, but the facts tell a more dangerous story. A single house fly carries up to 2 million bacteria and can transmit serious diseases, from typhoid and cholera to dysentery and tuberculosis. And because one female can lay hundreds of eggs in just a few days, a small fly problem can explode into a full-blown infestation before you know it. Don’t put your family, customers, or employees at risk. Our professional pest control team has the expertise and targeted treatments to eliminate flies at their source and prevent them from coming back. Contact us today for a free inspection and let us protect what matters most.
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