My best friend and I have had this argument for years! I say "Absolutely NOT!!!" ...and she says, "They TOTALLY DO!!!" Who's right? (...and you can be HONEST-you don't have to AGREE WITH ME for the 10 points!!)
2007-02-07 10:18:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
We live in Southern California...
2007-02-07 11:40:16 · update #1
yes they do, and quite hard actually!!! im in nj, and went to keansburg beach; didnt even stay 45 minutes because the flies were biting us so hard. they bite when is really hot and dry, not because people dont shower or anything like that.
2007-02-07 10:55:41 · answer #1 · answered by lola7737 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't comment on where you come from, but here in Australia they sure as hell do! During late summer (Feb, March, April) in Victoria (in the south of Australia) we get a type of horse fly that we call a March Fly and these SOB's can definitely bite. They are about the size of the nail on your pinky finger and boy do the buggers hurt. Every body hates them but they do not transmit disease
The tsetse fly from Africa also bites and does transmit a disease called Trypanosomiasis, the Gambian variety of which infects humans with "sleeping disease".
These are just two examples of flies that DO bite and with a bit of research you will no doubt find others.
So, Yes Virginia, flies do bite!
2007-02-07 10:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by mad_mick001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Houseflies (Musca domestica) do not bite, but there are flies that do bite. The stable fly or dog fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) looks a lot like a house fly and it does bite and suck blood. Technically mosquitoes are flies also.
Stable flies and mosquitoes are the main biting flies in southern California.
2007-02-07 15:10:09 · answer #3 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are over 15000 variety of flies throughout the world and some of them bite like the titsi fly and the horse fly.
2007-02-07 10:24:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but they have a thing like a bee that they poke into your skin or what ever, that injects a chemical that makes the area soft the they come back later to eat the soften area.
2007-02-07 10:33:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
That I no of only 1 flie bits and thats a horse flie.
2007-02-07 13:25:46 · answer #6 · answered by leo_s09 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mosquitos bite but i have never seen a fly bite!
2015-04-14 08:32:45 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they do not
2007-02-07 10:24:35 · answer #8 · answered by Hannah 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋