Do you know how flies contaminate food?
Do you know how flies contaminate food?
If a fly is seen while going from home to office or driving a car, then a person starts getting irritated by it. Nobody likes to see flies. This is the reason why everyone gets irritated due to their buzzing and dirt. The most anger comes when a fly flies from somewhere and sits on the food and contaminates it. Today we will tell you with which part of its body a fly contaminates food.
How do flies contaminate food?
Flies irritate a person the most. A person starts having many problems just by coming near flies, while sitting on food causes more irritation. Despite being irritated, you must have noticed that whenever flies sit somewhere, they keep rubbing their legs continuously. Actually, there are very fine hairs on the body of a fly and a layer of sticky substance is also applied on the tongue. The fly rubs its legs against each other to clean itself. In this way, it leaves the dirt stuck on its fur on our food. This dirt contains germs, which make us sick.
Size of the fly
Now the question is, do you know what is the scientific name of the fly and what is its data-size? Let us tell you that the scientific name of the housefly is Musca domestica. The life of flies is only a few weeks. Due to their short life, research is done on their three to four generations in a few weeks. According to the information, their length is about 7 mm. You will be very surprised to know that flies can never bite with their mouth.