CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What do flies eat? (What will kill flies?)

1. What do flies eat to survive?

Flies like to eat a lot of things, from various delicious foods that people like to eat to rotten food in garbage dumps. They eat everything, and they especially like to eat feces.

In rural areas, if human and animal feces are not managed properly, they will become a place where flies breed and feed.

At the same time, flies also lay eggs in garbage and feces, because flies breed very quickly in these places, and can reproduce a generation in about 10 days in summer. Flies are so dirty that they will naturally become the medium for spreading diseases, such as typhoid, cholera, tuberculosis and dysentery, which are very harmful to human health.

Female flies live longer than male flies, with a lifespan of 30 to 60 days; under laboratory conditions, it can last up to 112 days. In low-temperature wintering conditions, flies can live for half a year.

2. What food do flies rely on to survive?

The feeding habits of flies depend on their species.

Some specialize in sucking nectar and plant sap, while others specialize in eating human and animal blood or blood from animal wounds and eye and nasal secretions.

Common house flies, golden flies, green flies, blow flies, and flesh flies are omnivorous flies, which feed on human food, livestock and poultry secretions and excrement, kitchen scraps, organic matter in garbage, etc. They have a strong tendency to sugar, vinegar, ammonia, and fishy smells.

3. What smells do flies like?

They have a strong tendency towards sugar, vinegar, ammonia and fishy smells.

1. The food of flies depends on their species. Some specialize in sucking nectar and plant juices, while others specialize in sucking human and animal blood or blood from animal wounds, as well as eye and nose secretions. Common house flies, golden flies, silk flies, lily flies, and cannabis flies are omnivorous flies that widely eat human food, animal secretions and excrement, kitchen garbage, and organic matter in garbage.

2. They have a strong preference for the taste of sugar, vinegar, ammonia and fish. According to research, female flies cannot develop and lay eggs if they are only provided with water, sugar and carbohydrates, but can only lay eggs normally if they are fed with protein or amino acids. Feeding female houseflies with royal jelly can shorten the pre-oviposition period and increase the amount of eggs laid.

4. What is Lord of the Flies’ favorite food?

Flies like to eat sweets or carrion, such as aphid flies and parasitic flies that like to visit flowers to suck nectar; fruit flies and fruit flies that like to eat fruits or carrion; blow flies, house flies and flesh flies prefer carrion and feces.

The thick, trunk-like licking mouthparts are the weapon that most flies use to lick liquid food. Before eating, many flies will secrete digestive juices to dissolve the nutrients in the food before absorbing it.

Flies have a very sensitive sense of smell and a varied diet, they like fragrant, sweet, fishy and smelly foods. They especially like all kinds of rotten organic matter and fermented products, and will even eat phlegm, pus, blood and sweat.

5. What do flies like to eat?

1. Common house flies, golden flies, green flies, blow flies, and flesh flies are omnivorous flies. They have a strong tendency to sugar, vinegar, ammonia, and fishy smells.

2. Some specialize in sucking nectar and plant juices, and some specialize in eating human and animal blood or blood from animal wounds and eye and nasal secretions. Other knowledge about flies: 1. Flies often land on disgusting things. Spoiled food, feces, etc. are their favorites, and they will naturally be contaminated with bacteria. 2. Flies' taste receptors are on their feet. Because they are contaminated with a lot of dirt, which affects their taste, they often rub their feet.

3. Usually, flies carry more than 200 kinds of harmful germs. Even if they only stay on food for 1 second, they can "transmit" the bacteria to the food.

6. What is the fly’s favorite food?

The feeding habits of flies depend on their species. Some flies specialize in sucking nectar and plant sap, while others specialize in eating human and animal blood or blood from animal wounds and eye and nasal secretions.

The common houseflies, big-headed golden flies, silky green flies, blow flies and flesh flies are omnivorous flies, that is, they feed on a wide range of human food, livestock and poultry secretions and excrement, kitchen scraps, and organic matter in garbage.

They have a strong tendency towards sugar, vinegar, ammonia and fishy smells.

According to research, if female flies are simply supplied with water, sugar and carbohydrates, they can grow, but their ovaries cannot develop or lay eggs; only by adding protein food or multiple amino acids can they lay eggs normally.

If royal jelly is used to feed female houseflies, the pre-oviposition period can be shortened and the egg-laying amount can be increased.

Flies have a diverse diet and like fragrant, sweet, sour and smelly food. When feeding, they spit out crop fluid to dissolve the food. Their habit is to eat, spit and defecate at the same time.

Some people have observed that when food is abundant, flies defecate 4 to 5 times per minute.

7. What do flies eat?

The feeding habits of flies depend on the -------- species.

Some specialize in sucking nectar and plant juices, and some specialize in eating human and animal blood or blood from animal wounds and eye and nasal secretions. Common houseflies, golden flies, silkworm green flies, blowflies, and flesh flies are omnivorous flies, that is, they widely eat human food, livestock and poultry secretions and excrement, kitchen scraps, and organic matter in garbage. They have a strong tendency to sugar, vinegar, ammonia, and fishy smells. According to research, if female flies are simply provided with water, sugar, and carbohydrates, they can grow, but their ovaries cannot develop and they cannot lay eggs; only by adding protein food or multiple amino acids can they lay eggs normally.

8. What animals eat flies?

There are many animals that eat flies, mainly: frogs, dragonflies, spiders, geckos, lizards, etc.

1. Frog

Frogs are omnivorous animals, of which plant food only accounts for about 7% of their diet, and animal food accounts for about 93%. Frogs love to eat small insects and are good at finding small moving insects.

2. Dragonfly

Dragonflies are carnivorous insects that prey on a variety of agricultural, forestry and animal husbandry pests, including flies, mosquitoes, leafhoppers, horseflies and small moths. Dragonflies are an important natural enemy insect that is beneficial to humans.

3. Spider

Spiders mostly feed on insects, other spiders, myriapods, and some spiders also feed on small animals. Spiders have excellent eyesight and can sneak up to catch prey within 30 cm and pounce on it.

4. Gecko

Geckos are nocturnal animals. During the day, they lurk in hidden places such as wall cracks, under eaves, behind cabinets, etc., and come out at night. In summer and autumn evenings, geckos often appear on lighted walls, under eaves, or on electric poles, preying on mosquitoes, flies, moths, spiders, etc. They are beneficial and harmless animals.

5. Lizard

Most lizard species are carnivorous, feeding on insects, flies, earthworms, snails, and even mice. However, some lizards feed mainly on cacti or seaweed, or are omnivorous. Most of them are found in tropical and subtropical areas, and their habitats are diverse, mainly terrestrial, but also arboreal, semi-aquatic, and burrowing. Most of them feed on insects, but a few species also feed on plants.