Aussie flies
Unlike Indonesian flies which will disappear just by seeing your shadow, Aussie flies harass you wherever you go, they get into your nose and ears, deadly annoying. We're talking this happening in a very hot summer with not one, not two but five (maybe more) flies harassing you. Waving your hands around or shaking your head won't help, running fast leaving them behind won't either, wrap your head with a plastic bag, hmm.. maybe.
WHY?
The female bush flies pester you most. They want protein. They need it to develop their ovaries, to prepare eggs for the next generation of bush flies. They get protein from your tears, saliva, the mucus in your nose - and from blood, if you have any fresh cuts. Sometimes they drink sweat. It hasn't got much protein in it but it's useful if the flies are thirsty, and it has some minerals they can use. Male bush flies probably hang around you mostly to be near the females! They don't need much protein. When bush flies swarm around you, there are usually about three females for every male.
WONDER WHY THE SMALL ONES FOLLOW YOU MORE?
The smaller the female bush fly, the more she needs extra protein to produce her eggs. The small bush flies are short of protein because they've grown from larvae that haven't been able to get enough food. This happens if there are too many larvae competing for the food, or if the food quality is poor. And note this: even if little flies get all the protein they want, they don't grow bigger. They can't. They have exterior skeletons and stay the same size all their lives. So there aren't different types of bush fly. Just different sizes. Fat ones that don't bother you too much. And little ones that act like demons.
WHEN?
Bush flies are first noticeable in October. The numbers rise steeply in November. They peak in December (when people and food can be covered with bush flies at December barbecues). By the end of January, almost all the bush flies are gone. (This sharp peak and sharp drop-off only happens in the south-west of Australia. In the south-east, the bush flies linger until March.)
ps. all i did is copy-paste from the website below. an informative website, go visit.
WHY?
The female bush flies pester you most. They want protein. They need it to develop their ovaries, to prepare eggs for the next generation of bush flies. They get protein from your tears, saliva, the mucus in your nose - and from blood, if you have any fresh cuts. Sometimes they drink sweat. It hasn't got much protein in it but it's useful if the flies are thirsty, and it has some minerals they can use. Male bush flies probably hang around you mostly to be near the females! They don't need much protein. When bush flies swarm around you, there are usually about three females for every male.
WONDER WHY THE SMALL ONES FOLLOW YOU MORE?
The smaller the female bush fly, the more she needs extra protein to produce her eggs. The small bush flies are short of protein because they've grown from larvae that haven't been able to get enough food. This happens if there are too many larvae competing for the food, or if the food quality is poor. And note this: even if little flies get all the protein they want, they don't grow bigger. They can't. They have exterior skeletons and stay the same size all their lives. So there aren't different types of bush fly. Just different sizes. Fat ones that don't bother you too much. And little ones that act like demons.
WHEN?
Bush flies are first noticeable in October. The numbers rise steeply in November. They peak in December (when people and food can be covered with bush flies at December barbecues). By the end of January, almost all the bush flies are gone. (This sharp peak and sharp drop-off only happens in the south-west of Australia. In the south-east, the bush flies linger until March.)
ps. all i did is copy-paste from the website below. an informative website, go visit.
http://www.viacorp.com/flybook/fulltext.html
posted by odorus at 3:54 AM
4 Comments:
Ya, I remember when i had summer in Perth, the flies wouldn't go away, and usually they stick to my skin (covered with sunblock), and one time the fly got into my friend's mouth when he was speaking with me.
exactly. and imagine where those flies have been.
shooooooo fly dont bother me!
Bring with you a male fly.
Release it when the female one come. Let them either argue or have fun. Problem solved!
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