Flies and mosquitos are the reason I’m best buds with spiders.
Spiders never get evicted from my living space for this exact reason. Idk about house centipedes though, they are also good to have around but they’re too freaky to tolerate. 8 legs good, dozens of leg pairs bad.
ok you’re making a joke but this is something i really dont understand. most animals stay away from big animals that could easily kill them. why do flies do their absolute best to inspire big animals to kill them? how has this behavior not evolved out by now?
bzz bzz there’s more of us than there are of you ha ha bzz bzz
For most large animals they don’t have the dexterity to keep the majority of flies off, or their hide is thick enough that the large animals don’t notice, so flies can easily feed on their blood and sweat. Animals will have tails to keep flies away from the anus and prevent flystrike for the most part, and eyelids/lashes to keep them away from eyeballs/eyeducts, so the most important exposed parts are by and large protected. The rest is just nuisance/not noticed.
In my experience, parasitic bloodsuckers understand, but do not respect, consent or personal space.
They don’t got internet
Yeah you’d think a small insect that buzzes very loud would stay away. It’s not like a skeeter which silently creeps up on you and sucks your blood.
Where I live mosquitos get all up in your face in the evening and pretty much disappear at night. It wasn’t until I went to Europe I was introduced to sneaky ass night time mosquitos. Suck your blood while you sleep creeps.
Polite flies know to always leave three fly-lengths from others.
Because your wonderful smells don’t
maybe whoever decided to call them flies in english was also reacting to that… ‘damn these little guys sure fly around everywhere a lot, I’ll call them fly’
