how long does a fly live?

Answer 1

The adults fly live from half a month to a month in the wild, or longer in benign laboratory conditions.♥

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Researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center have found that the life span of fruit flies was extended from an average of 37 days to 70 days when a gene was modified on a single chromosome. Some flies in the study lived 110 days.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/12/15/tech/main257481.shtml

Answer 2

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. This can include both meat in trash compactors as well as rats that have died between the ceiling and floor of a home.

Some types of maggots found on corpses can be of great use to forensic scientists. By their stage of development, these maggots can be used to give an indication of the time elapsed since death, as well as the place the organism died. The size of the house fly maggot is 9.5-19.1mm (⅜ to ¾ inch). At the height of the summer season, a generation of flies (egg to adult) may be produced in 12-14 days.

Maggot identification uses a classification called "instar" stages. An instar I is about 2-5 mm long; instar II 6-14 mm; instar III 15-20 mm. These measure about 2-3 days, 3-4 days, and 4-6 days (for average house flies or bottle flies) since the eggs were laid. By use of this data, plus other signs, the approximate time since death can be estimated by forensic scientists.

Answer 3

It depends on the species of fly. Some species, such as the fruit fly, live an average of 10 to 14 days. Other species live as little as 1 to 3 days.

Answer 4

It is about 14- 20 days.

Answer 5

not long around me
i have the fast'es fly swatter in town

Answer 6

I heard people mention that it is about a couple of weeks on the average.