No, it is not a dumb word joke. I actually have seen 3 of them so far in my garden and they look like black house flies, a bit bigger, but without te wings.
Any info on them would be helpful.
Area: Western Europe.
2007-06-19 23:57:36 · 10 answers · asked by Puppy Zwolle 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
You may not like this answer but I hope it'll make you smile, here goes... Many years ago I used to joke, What do you get when you rip the wings off of a fly...
Give up?
A walk!! LOL
Keep Smiling
Poorboy
2007-06-23 14:25:53 · answer #1 · answered by Poorboy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wingless Fly
2017-01-11 06:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wingless fly is a mite and or a springtail. It is only native to Antarctica it is also refered to as the belgica. It is the only insect that lives year round in the antic. But it can only be seen during the summer months. It's a very small fly to the human eye and has no wings. IT Hides under rocks and moss. at first glance they appear to be pockets of black in the ice pools but after you see them..you realize they are flies. It's not common that these are what you are asking about. The common household fly or horse fly can live without it's wings...a large group of these are being born without wings. It's a deformity of a species. The progress of evolution. They can fly but it's more of a body movement of cells below the surface of the skin.
2007-06-20 07:40:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are wingless flies on Molokai Island in Hawaii.
2015-06-23 10:20:47 · answer #4 · answered by Teresa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some flies do have vestigial wings as a recessive genetic trait. They usually survive in very windy environments like small islands, coastal areas etc, where wings would be a disadvantage to finding food etc, due to the inability to land etc.
If your area is very windy, then this could explain it.
And, the scientific joke for that is that they are not called flies, but "walks".
2007-06-20 00:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A wingless fly is technically not a fly, it's probably a type of beetle, bug or ant.
2007-06-20 01:11:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
I think the wingless fly you're thinking of is called a 'walk'! Lol!!
2007-06-20 00:06:23 · answer #7 · answered by Ali 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I belive you lol i really do but i gotta say that i have no idea on any info sorry i really am lol but i know one animal or insect that is sort of simular and i call them a nat. sorry i couldnt help more.
thanks
~Cherokee74
2007-06-27 11:51:53 · answer #8 · answered by Cherokee74™ 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
wingless flight is nothing but just gliding like flying squirrels bats
flying lemur do
they just have skin instead of wings and they stretch it while jumping and glide
2007-06-20 00:00:27 · answer #9 · answered by pokemon maniac 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
these flies lost its wings for any reason , so they fall down
at your garden.
2007-06-21 14:27:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋