What is the lifespan of a fly?

Question

Well, anybody know?

Answer 1

The average lifespan of the house fly is 10 to 25 days.

Answer 2

The life span of a fly depends on where it lives, usually the common houslfly lives about 2-3 weeks, But other flies might live for a month.

Answer 3

The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, lives for a little more than 2 weeks on average. Some other types of flies and wasps live for much shorter times, some for longer.

Answer 4

an average of 3 weeks in decent conditions (depending on the species the fly is, there is one type of fly that only lives for 24 hours I think, like they say above, but then again I could be thinking of a different flying bug).

Answer 5

Hate to rain on some parades, but the Drosophila melanogaster I work with can live upwards of 120 days. It's incredibly variable.

Answer 6

The fly life cycle is composed of four stages: egg, larva (commonly known as a maggot), pupa, adult. The eggs are laid in decaying flesh, animal dung, manure, or pools of stagnant water - whatever has ample food for the larva.

Answer 7

Depends on the Breed of Fly " Housefly = 48hrs."
Bottlefly - 24 hrs. etc...

Answer 8

for Drosophila melanogaster (the fruit fly), it's about 24 hours in the wild (average....depending on predation, food, etc)....but up to 4 weeks in the lab

Answer 9

24 hrs to 2 weeks depending on species

Answer 10

I've heard it's 24 hours. No, that might be a fruit fly.