Why do flies rub their legs together?
Meaning of flies rubbing their legs together
Fly is a two winged insect that has some 90,000 diferent species of it. The housefly is one of the most common of all flies. The housefly has a dull gray bristled body that is about 7 mm in length. It has large reddish compound eyes. Its mouth cannot bite but consists of a spongy pad. The whole body of the housefly including claws and padded feet, is covered with bristles.
Even its tongue is coated with a sticky glue. A fly rubs its legs together just to clean itself. In the process of rubbing the legs it scraps some of the material that has gathered on the bristles and thus drops germs of dangerous diseases on the food.