Bubble Blowing Fly!
The housefly (also house fly, house-fly or common housefly), Musca domestica has a habit of blowing bubbles after they consume food. The process is as follows. They perch on a branch and blow a bubble. Once the bubble reaches some size, they hold it for a while in their mouth. Then they suck it inside.
Though there are no clear explanations with the scientific fraternity. However, one explanation is that the houseflies tend to suck out the nutrients through their proboscis, which appears like a straw or elephant's trunk. There are chances that the nutrient solution sucked in was highly diluted.
So possibly, to release the surplus liquids and make the chyme (consumed food) concentrated, they send the solution out of their
mouth, hold it in the sun and breeze to reduce water and then suck back in. However, this is just a theory that is yet to be proven.
There is a tiny caterpillar just below the housefly, but it has got nothing to do with this fly!
Bubble Blowing Fly!
The housefly (also house fly, house-fly or common housefly), Musca domestica has a habit of blowing bubbles after they consume food. The process is as follows. They perch on a branch and blow a bubble. Once the bubble reaches some size, they hold it for a while in their mouth. Then they suck it inside.
Though there are no clear explanations with the scientific fraternity. However, one explanation is that the houseflies tend to suck out the nutrients through their proboscis, which appears like a straw or elephant's trunk. There are chances that the nutrient solution sucked in was highly diluted.
So possibly, to release the surplus liquids and make the chyme (consumed food) concentrated, they send the solution out of their
mouth, hold it in the sun and breeze to reduce water and then suck back in. However, this is just a theory that is yet to be proven.
There is a tiny caterpillar just below the housefly, but it has got nothing to do with this fly!