Traits: Insect with two clear wings and two small knobs (called halteres), large eyes, metallic blue or green back; invertebrate animal

Habitat: Soil and dead animals

Foods: Liquids from decaying plants and animals, animal wastes, blood

Eaten by: Warblers, flycatchers, chickadees, thrushes, shrews, carrion beetles, dragonflies, hornets, centipedes

Do You Know? Some blow flies are important as plant pollinators. Many flies transport microscopic organisms that cause diseases in animals. Flies taste with their feet.