Fly Facts: BUZZING with TWO WINGS | Animal Fact Files

All true flies belong to the Diptera order. The name of this order means “two wings” meaning all true flies have only a single pair of wings! They go around buzzing with just two wings! Learn more fly facts on today's episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Order - Diptera
Range: Cosmopolitan
Habitat: Forests, wetlands, jungles, and urban areas
Size: 0.03 inches (1mm) to 2.75 inches (7cm)
Diet: Plant matter, organic matter, feces, flesh, garbage, etc
Threats: Reptiles, bats, spiders, etc
Life span: Less than one year

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[acethedoge]

I despise flys with a passion and felt something snap in me when I heard the buzzing sound in the video.

But despite my hatred towards them it’s good to learn facts about them, great video 👍

[chaoticfish]

4:23 jumpscared me since I wear headphones

[alfonsocain]

I hate mosquitoes the only thing I hate more is flys, now I know they are all the same .

[melvayaredaguilar]

I think it’s cute, it can talk, but what it develops into is mysterious

[Col]

I like most insects a lot, but I really dislike flies. I find them very annoying, but you've set my thinking straight on their usefulness in the environment. I figured they had some use (everything does), but I didn't know what the use was. And since they ranked really high on the annoyance scale, I never took the time to find out. Thanks for the information!

[corvetcoyote]

There's nothing more irritating than being awakened at 6am by a fly buzzing in your face 😾

[kenouk]

Know your enemy, if you want to annihilate it!

[christinemountcastle]

I know that flies can be dangerous vectors of disease, but are also an Important Part of the Food Chain. As you pointed out, they preform Beneficial Services, like Breaking Down Garbage, (a huge environmental problem!) and some species are even pollinators. I prefer use Natural Pest Controls: Good Fitting Screens and allowing the beautiful, Black and White Jumping Spider, (Which isn't poisonous and very rarely bites.) to live in my house, between the glass paynes and the screens where the flys congregate. Also, I kept a little, terracotta clay pot, with part of the rim broken out, for a large Toad to live on my patio to eat the flys. I also encourage the beautiful Native Anole Lizard with potted plants, to live on my patio. I like to keep an Eco-friendly house.

[Elmafusa]

I'm wearing headphones and the fly sounds hand me thinking there was a fly in my house

[theanimalshow]

I was a fly for Halloween! I loved it!

[Lucidfilth]

Flies in South Africa in Phalaborwa.
Dude, it's 48 °C today. Let's lay eggs on a carcass.

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[exedeleterspearl]

Flies are so cool! Im here lerning more facts about them

[k.g.b.]

Arthropods are alien mechs and you can't convince me otherwise.

[GeorgeGeorgeGeorgeGeorgeGeorge]

I'd smash flies between my hand if it wasn't that size.

[jethroreading]

Yeesh I just *hate* maggots. It's amazing how, despite being the same organism p much, caterpillars are super adorbs whereas maggots make me wanna grab a can of Raid and a hand gun. Yeesh.

On the opposite note, I always feel bad when I kill a mosquito, and will only do so if it's in my room at night- otherwise, I'll just rely on trying not to get bit.

[twoangels]

House fly have two big wings and smaller wings in the inside ( house flys. )And if you take out the small inside wings they can't fly.. thanks

[Richuru]

As much as im interested in animals this is really a perfect video ❤️❤️

[chengergo]

When I think of flies I think of the ones that fly around porta-potties then they land in my food after touching poop and urine

[saga]

Something I’ve always wondered about fruit flies, is their larvae always on the surface of fruits and veggies? It’s almost as if they appear spontaneously (?) once fruits and veggies run rancid.