Do flies bite!?!?

I know of two different types that do.....one is a black stupid( and I meam real stupid they don't see the slap coming) fly the size of a housefly, the other is also black but bigger and draw blood when it bites and it hurts real good....have only found these fly when out camping in Northwest America

2006-08-04 04:33:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋

Do Flies Bite

2016-10-06 13:46:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Im from northern Ontario Canada and we have black flies comparable to fruit flies in size that bite in swarms sometimes they just annoy you when they swarm around your face but wont bite and other times they just go on a feeding frenzy, most times they leave an itchy red bump but can draw blood , deer flies and horse flies both bite hard and draw blood but you usually wont encounter large numbers of them.

2016-01-07 20:52:06 · answer #3 · answered by jake 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

There are many types of flies. May flys and horse flys bite. House flys do not.

2006-08-04 04:38:41 · answer #4 · answered by Sir Greggath 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I'm from the south and there is a kind of big 'ol black fly that can bite a chunk at a time!!! OUCH! Thankfully they don't usually come inside, where I like to stay in this horrible heat.

2006-08-04 04:30:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

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Common house flies have no teeth as such and drink their food rather than chew it. A house fly will vomit on it's meal to soften it to a pulp, then trample the vomit in so that the food can be sucked up. It may however lay its eggs in an open wound! Such lovely creatures!

2016-03-24 15:31:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Some do, but not all.
There are some black flies in Minnesota that HURT
when they bite.

2006-08-04 04:29:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

Yes they can. It is my experience they tend to bite when it's going to rain or very hot. I was bit by a huge fly on the 15th of this month and it is still bothering me.

2006-08-04 04:33:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

yup..big horse flies

2006-08-04 04:49:54 · answer #9 · answered by +++++ SPOOK ++++ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

some do...

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=1026

http://bitesandstingsonline.com/Bites_Stings/fly-bite.htm

many species don't.

the common house fly doesn't...

when you go outside then you can worry. most won't bite even if they do..

2006-08-04 04:32:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

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