HOW LONG THE FLY LIVES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 292, 31 March 1877, Page 4

HOW LONG THE FLY LIVES.

A ft* torn i» ftj»* Your to »* "••*•* or ?l JZ JSjTrtnTit* existence i* «»» •*** |» to th« warmer climate* tfw* $T »»««*» Jn SflfianififbtwM and nm «ij» unta ftft* following summer wjwW wf» toMifrtMto their kind. And when *J » InJwtt that »ily has Wl «w» lap •«» w twelv« nonr*, tft, i» » matter of MSMt <fc>abG wfc«nc« com© so qmckly snch swarm* of fitmi m w* see; in th« sunshine on »ny warm day alter the rainy s<*aaon. The titality of the By i» remarkablyj*nwt««t. and rtrantp-ty nnsyropathi tie with the Me ©f nearly all other insect. For instance. if wr stick a pin through a tty—a* J dottM not many of yet* have some »im«* done, to ww how deftly the: By enwta handlethat particle of a match—and then withdraw it, the fty will new W any the worse off for it. Bnt stick a sword thrw»gh a roan and even tfwmgh y»t* don't withdraw it, fut* will he sorpr'sed at the resttlt. If yott keep the By impaled, it will live wntil ■tarnation end* its existence. Again, decapitate a tty, and if it he cleverly done, it may time from. 12 to- 24 hottest or longer. It first perambulation* after being decapitated, it* htKsaring gyration*, seem t& •how that it i» confused, as if nnable to understand this- new order of tilings. Then it will remain qwiet a white, nt»xt proceed to clean itself, and then probably start off on a backward run. and live until ** its- inner man." which has not Wen attended to lately, like an embryo Oliver Twist, begins to cry out for "move." Milk r in which every By seems to tak«r a queer interest, is the most rapid agency to- finish Mr. Fly for the coroner, whose jury many, many times bring in a verdict ©f "accidental drowning in a milkptteher." Then there is another great evil in tly«fcm in which the Hies demand " reform." It is- the audacity with which a larger presumptuous biped animal coolly, crvtelty, and carelessly exposes poison around loosely. It is an evil which has been complained of ever since Fly tasted of the poison, cup. Refused to- drink the potion- up. Bttt turned his littl'n head aside; _ Disgusted! with the taste, and died.