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Over 100,000 different species of flies exist.1)
Fly species include horseflies and mosquitoes. These fly species' females consume blood.2)
More diseases are carried by urban flies than by those in rural settings.3)
At least 65 dangerous illnesses, including cholera, leprosy, dysentery, yaws, stomach ulcers, and typhoid fever, can be spread by houseflies.4)
The housefly and blowfly collectively transport more than 600 distinct bacterial species. 351 different bacterial species are carried by houseflies. About 316 are carried by the blowfly.5)
A fly will vomit if it lands on food, such as your meal. To enable the fly to suck up the meal, the vomit's acids disintegrate it.6)
Certain types of flies, including screw flies and botflies, may deposit their eggs in intact skin. The eggs grow up until a fully developed fly emerges from the host's skin.7)