--just curious
2006-08-23 16:15:04 · 17 answers · asked by hollaback holly 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
to reproduce more flies! just kidding.
seriously flies are part of a very advanced science in forensic medicine, the flies spend their day looking for dead corpses to lay eggs, the larvae of a fly eats the corps of humans. and from the calculation of the life cycle the exact time of death can be estimated. for more datails, the life cycle is affected by the temprature and thus it is taken into concideration. more information about the time of death can be known from the shape that larvae makes which is more like a circular motion.
2006-08-23 16:26:38 · answer #1 · answered by yaz20100 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As defined by entomologists, a fly (plural flies) is any species of insect of the order Diptera. These typically have one pair of true wings, with the hind wings modified into halteres. Flies are common amongst humans and some can cause the spread of serious diseases. The housefly (Musca domestica) and mosquito are particularly common amongst humans. Other flies, such as the horse fly (Family Tabanidae), can inflict painful bites. The larva of a fly is commonly called a maggot.
Flies rely heavily on sight for survival. The compound eyes of flies are composed of thousands of individual lenses and are very sensitive to movement. Some flies have very accurate 3D vision. A few, like Ormia ochracea, have very advanced hearing organs.
The diet of flies varies heavily between species. The horse-fly and mosquitoes feed on blood and nectar, and the house fly eats a semi-digested liquid created by mixing enzyme-rich saliva with its food.
In addition to being an essential part of the food chain, some species of flies spread pollen, hasten the decomposition of plants, animals, and dung, and, in the case of about 5000 species of Tachina flies, eat other insects.
2006-08-23 23:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by Miranda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flies are food for a variety of species ,birds ,frogs ,iguanas .spiders ,praying mantises etc
take them away and all of Nature would change
they are a crucial component in the food chain
how can you even ask such a question
they also are an important agent in decomposition processes of rotten vegetable material and meat
2006-08-23 23:25:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fly larvae becomes maggots which devour dead flesh. Medical examiners can now determine how long a person has been dead by the maggot cycle.
The only animal I know that has no purpose on earth is rats.
2006-08-24 00:33:26 · answer #4 · answered by Laura 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without flies, ants, wasps, & all the other little nasties we would be waste deep in stinking, rotting plants and animals. They keep the place clean.
2006-08-23 23:26:52 · answer #5 · answered by ROSE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are part of the food chain. Frog's, spiders and all sorts of animals eat them. So they have a purpose.
2006-08-23 23:18:46 · answer #6 · answered by littleflower_57 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What else, they spread alll diseases to the human beings and animals, ultimately results in the reduction of the population.
2006-08-23 23:25:40 · answer #7 · answered by akilashiva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to feed the frogs, if no fly no frog no frog... food chain. It would be bad for humans if there was no flies.
2006-08-23 23:45:47 · answer #8 · answered by AnimalGirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feed the frogs
2006-08-23 23:17:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maggot eat rotten flesh from wounded animal, so it is cleaning service....
abundant, need not to worry, far from extinction, source of food for every lizard and cold blooded animal
2006-08-23 23:20:33 · answer #10 · answered by Henry W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋