Episode 472
Can flies survive the winter?
You come home after being out in the bitter cold, and there's a fly. How'd it get there?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
May 10, 20213m 46s
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Show Notes
Jeffrey got in touch to ask: "We've had a cold and snowy winter, and I've had to shovel my driveway every few days. We had a fly in our house, and I was curious if it survived the cold somehow, or recently hatched?" Adam Murphy got in touch with Erica McAlister, fly specialist and Senior Curator from the Natural History Museum in London to fly in an answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
fliesflies in wintercold and insectserica mcalisternatural history museum