Flies by Garrick

The Story Of Flies:

The Story Of Flies By: Dorothy Shuttlesworth (Done by Garrick)

What Is Classified as a Fly:

What Is Classified as a Fly A fly is considered to have only 2 pairs of wings. Some flies for example are the horse fly, the fruit fly, and the house fly. There are more then 1,000,000,000 flies in the world! But there are about 200,000 species listed, and more are currently being added. Butterflies, Bees, and Mosquitoes are considered flies too.

Body Parts of a Fly:

Body Parts of a Fly Like most insects, flies have 3 main body parts. The head, the abdomen, and the thorax. Almost e very insect in the world has these 3 common body parts. The thorax is where the offspring are held for the females. The head is where the antennae are for some insects. (A=head, B=thorax, C=abdomen)

Food:

Food Some flies eat blood, some eat pollen, and others eat other insects. Flies eat a variety of food from nectar to the internal organs of other insects, flies eat them all! Each sex may eat different types of food like the mosquito. The males drink nectar while the female drink blood.

Orders, Species, Families, and Genus:

Orders, Species, Families, and Genus Every single fly can be put in a species or family. Some families are Anisopodidae Edwards, Bibionidae Fleming, and Chaoboridae. These are in a huge order called the Dipetra. These are separated into genera's, genus’s You determine a flies name by putting it’s genus and species name together with the genus name first.

Disease Spreaders:

Disease Spreaders Some flies carry disease because of landing in garbage and other bacteria infected objects. Some common disease spreaders are the house fly. It lands on your food and regurgitates on it. Another way to spread disease is by having bacteria on it’s leg.

The Life Cycle (Part 1) :

The Life Cycle (Part 1) Like most insects flies have 4 stages till adult, egg, larva, pupa, adult. This whole process may take more than 3 months depending on the temperature. Most of the eggs are layed on the water. There they wait till it’s time to hatch. After that they must be careful of predators like fish, birds, and frogs. They feed on in this stage. They must “shed” their skin before being ready to pupate. When in their pupa stage they are vulnerable to attack.

The Life Cycle (Part 2):

The Life Cycle (Part 2) After about 3 weeks (also depending on the temperature) the pupas hatch and become an adult. There are some exceptions for this. Some flies life cycles are egg, larva than adult. For the temperature there are the hotter it is the faster the time to hatch, pupate then become an adult is.

What an Offspring Could look Like:

What an Offspring Could look Like The offspring are very much like the parents except for some differences. If a male and a female mate the baby will most likely have more of the male features than the female’s. If the male had red-eyes and the female had white, the offspring will most likely have red-eyes. But their grandchildren could be mixed.

Fly “Mimics”:

Fly “Mimics” To survive some flies use deception rather than aggressiveness. They “mimic” another small flying animal like a bee, hornet, or wasp. Some flies fly into the hive and start feeding on honey or dead larvae inside the nest. In theory, it could be possible that in the past these 2 species lived together. Of course until something happened.

Conclusion:

Conclusion Based on what I have learned so far about flies, in my opinion flies are awesome, cool, and disgusting. How do you feel about flies after reading this?

Book Summary:

Book Summary “The Story Of Flies” by Dorothy Shuttlesworth, is basically about flies. More specifically it is about flies in general. What they eat, how they look, and their daily lifestyle. From the cover it sounds like it’s about how flies came to be. You know what they say, you can’t judge a book by it’s cover!

Genre Explanation:

Genre Explanation A non-fiction book is a book that states real, true facts. The Story Of Flies by Dorothy Shuttlesworth is non-fiction because it states true facts like “male mosquitoes eat pollen” and other true stuff.