Flies Facts

A flea can jump 150 times its size. That is the same as a person able to jump up 1,000 feet in the air.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of for to seven weeks.

A housefly can only ingest liquid material. They regurgitate their food to liquefy the food that they are going to eat.

A house fly's feet are 10 million times more sensitive than a human tongue.

The amount of blood a female mosquito drinks per serving is five millionths of a liter.

Dragonflies can fly up to 50 miles per hour.

Only female mosquitoes bite humans. Male mosquitoes live on natural liquids from plants and other resources.

One of the most dangerous insect in the world is the common housefly. They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world.

Most fleas do not live past a year old.

The itch from a mosquito bite can be soothed by cutting open a clove of garlic and rubbing it on the bite.

Mosquitoes prefer children over adults.

Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue more than any other color.

A mosquito flaps its wings 500 times a second.

The average life span of a mosquito is two weeks.

The Arctic tern flies an average of 22,000 miles a year!