Is it true that cold air-conditioning kills house-flies?

Answer 1

no, where I live we use air cond a lot. No dead flies.

Answer 2

I was just researching this very same topic on the internet when I came across this page. I had to know because I had just come across my second house fly, within about a one-week period, that was so slow-moving, I thought it was dead at first. I had knocked them off the wall with a newspaper, they fell to the floor and walked around a little, flapped their wings a little, but didn't really move much. They reminded me of myself after Thanksgiving dinner. We always have the A/C set between 60 and 65 degrees F, so I wonder if there is anything to the cold affecting them.

***Edit: I just found this on "Google Answers."

Answered By: alanna-ga on 22 Jun 2006 12:29 PDT

Flies do not fly if the surrounding temperature is too cold for them
to move or if they haven't had time to build up the internal
temperatures needed for flight.

Unlike mammals, insects can't maintain steady internal temperatures on their own. They depend on the surrounding temperature to get enough heat to operate their internal and external functions. Flies usually get their heat boost from the sun, but sometimes they shiver or vibrate their wings to elevate their internal temperatures.

Answer 3

I haven't seen anything to indicate that it kills them, but I can tell you that at our house, it slows the heck out of them.

We have a couple downstairs and they are so slow now due to the cold that you can pick them up without really trying.

I imagine that in the winter, they either hibernate or die off after laying their eggs somewhere.

Love as always,

Sebastian

Answer 4

no. the houseflies can live in any enviorment especially if the summertime

Answer 5

Ya, right! I wish!