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A Drain Fly’s Happy Place Is Down Your Pipes
🕑 Added 2024-01-12 22:45:01 +0000 UTCEver wonder how those tiny, jumpy flies got onto your bathroom wall? Well, they came out of your sink drain after growing up down in the pipes. A goofy, long “mustache,” fuzzy wings and some aquabatics help them survive in that soggy environment.
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Deep Look
Thanks for your question Laurel! The Clogmia albipunctata drain flies we featured in our video can also reproduce in tree holes or the crook of a branch.
Laurel Przybylski
These little guys are more welcome than mosquitoes, and they are quiet and buzz loud like other flies. It says that they aren’t interested in leaving the bathroom . I wonder if they can’t live outside for long. So if they don’t die outside, they might adapt and evolve. Do we want that?
