Musca
Fly at Bruce, ACT
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| Musca | MichaelMulvaney | 29 Oct 2026 | |
| Muscidae (family) | CarbonAI | 29 Oct 2026 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 29 Oct 2026 |
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Flies and bees regurgitate their stomach contents to produce a droplet in a process called ‘bubbling’ as seen in these images. In the case of flies, the liquid droplet is comprised of saliva and pre-digested food. The droplet is exposed to ambient temperature and partially evaporates. In doing so, the droplet is cooled down, its volume is reduced and its contents are concentrated. When the droplet is drawn back into the fly’s digestive tract it is far more concentrated in nutrients, takes up less volume, and helps to cool the fly.
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Location information
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- TimL Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Musca sp. (genus) Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Musca Scientific name
- Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 644.76m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location