eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.nettoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Can flies recognize that I'm holding a flyswatter?English
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1 year agoInstinctively, I doubt it. But they can pick up on the air moving around from you trying to swat at it, which is why it’s such a pain in the ass to capture to release or kill one. They are able to tell well before they’re captured/caught that something is coming for them.
This BU blog entry from 2012 gives a lot of interesting information on the many ways they are able to evade us.
Tbh no clue. Never saw it again, never heard about it again haha.