The life span of flies is affected by temperature, humidity, food and water. Generally speaking, flies can survive about 1 month in summer and 2-3 months in winter. The life span of flies is also related to gender. The life span of female flies is longer than that of male flies, which can be as long as 30-60 days, or even as long as 165438+ under laboratory conditions.

A laboratory fly may be fruit fly, also known as vinegar fly or black-eyed fly. They are common experimental animals, mainly used in genetics, developmental biology, neuroscience and other fields. The advantages of Drosophila are short life cycle, rapid reproduction, genome sequencing, abundant mutant strains and convenient operation.