- Human eyes have 1 rounded lens but a fly has 1000's of 6 sided lenses. Flies have 2 large compound eyes.
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- True flies don't have back wings. Instead they have little bumps.
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- Many flies have a small antennae.
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- At the end of a fly's mouth are 2 pads, that look like lips.
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- When a house fly flies, it beats its wings 200 times a second.
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- Crane flies are sometimes known as daddy-long legs. There are about 10 000 types of crane flies.
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- Flies can walk on walls, because of their special feet. When landing flies, put their feet over their head. Then the fly will stick to a place.
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- A hover fly, look like a wasp. The only differences are that it hovers, and has no stinger.
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- Flies have hairy, jointed legs.
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- House flies spread their digestive juices on your left over food.
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