How high can fly's fly?

Question

I often see flys upstairs but do they come through the window or do they come up the stairs? Can they fly above the house? If so can the birds catch them?

Answer 1

It doesn't have to do so much with height, but rather the temperature of the air. Here, read this:


Well, most insects can fly as long as they are in air that's about fifty degrees Fahrenheit, or warmer. So, if air temperature at ground level is about seventy degrees, insects have about thirty-six hundred feet before they hit the ceiling, so to speak, and it's too cold. On ninety-degree days, that border is at about six thousand feet.

D: So there's no getting away from them, huh?

Y: Nope. In fact, insects will seek out their ideal temperature for flying. If they reach a height where it's too cold for them to fly, they simply fold their wings in and drop until they reach a more comfortable cruising altitude. And here's another interesting tidbit: insects that migrate long distances hitch rides on the fast winds that move in front of storm fronts and then glide along, which ends up being more energy efficient than flapping their wings. And air moves fastest at about two and half times the height of the largest obstruction around. So if we're on a thousand-foot skyscraper, the fastest air is moving about us at about twenty-five hundred feet.

Answer 2

Do they bother you too and you're hoping to get up above their flying height?

I don't know but if there is someone who knows about flying insects then you can ask that person. The people here don't know and just want 2 points or 10 for best answer.

Answer 3

flies are very light and are easily carried on the wind or draughts. they are unlikely to fly high as instinct will tell them that there is no food up there for them. in summer, you can see midges flying in groups just about house height and that's when they get caught by the swallows. you can watch these birds perform all kinds of acrobatics to catch the insects.

Answer 4

no idea how high they can fly but the higher the better and yes they do fly about the house infact you will see one upstairs and it will follow you downstairs.>> too qiuck for the birds but not my spaniel she gets them everytime

Answer 5

Are you testing your English skills or you are asking a question? what do you mean by Fly's Fly

Answer 6

I once saw one in the cabin of a Southwest Airlines plane and we were at 35,000 feet at that time.

Answer 7

my mates a pilot i'll ask him at what height do flys stop splattin off his windscreen.

Answer 8

2 points thanx m8

Answer 9

flys can fly very high!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is why they are called flys!!

Answer 10

not high enough to touch to sky

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