Facts about house flies

• Female houseflies lay up to three thousand eggs in their lifetime of 30 days.
• The house fly (Musca domestica) is the most common of all domestic flies, accounting for about 90 percent of all flies in human habitations.
• True flies are insects of the order Diptera (two wings).
• The average house fly lives about one month.
• In colder climates, houseflies survive only with humans.
• This insect vomit on food before eating it.
• Domestic flies are capable of carrying over 100 pathogens.
• Fly's wings beat up to 200 times per second.
• Each adult female fly lays several hundred eggs in decaying vegetable matter, including manure, compost, and garbage.
• Domestic flies lay eggs on their food.
• Flies defecate every 4-5 minutes.
• Extensive use of insecticides has caused many housefly populations to develop resistance to chemicals that formerly killed them.