Slow Motion Housefly in a Glass 600/1200 fps

This little buzz-bomber spent about 10 minutes in a water glass, demonstrating terrible fliers Houseflies really are! It crashes, head-first, into the glass and just bounces right off. It's a wonder they live long enough to reproduce!

This footage was shot with a Casio EX-F1 at 600 and 1200 frames per second, hence the grainy, low resolution.

The music is "Spring II" from the "Digital Dreaming" CD by Technician (experimental music recorded in 1989).

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[jcmegabyte]

I was surprised to see that too - just the fact that they have any sort of control at all at those speeds is pretty amazing. My slow motion "flies on sh!t" vid (watch?v=FlgrBeGX8w0) really shows some cool fly aerobatics too..

Thanks for stopping by! =)

[fullofbaddassness]

i never knew it but they dont just bang up against the walls the actually break there impact with there legs like there pushing off!

[jcmegabyte]

Yea - it does remind me of that a bit!  Thanks for checking it out :-)

[jcmegabyte]

In that case, you might like my friend's animated series "tortures for flies" XD

Cheers! =)

[Redbud305]

like the video, hate the flies.

[jcmegabyte]

They are indeed interesting to watch in slow motion - I did another vid that shows some really cool fly aerobatics at: v=FlgrBeGX8w0

Thanks for visiting! :-)

[SexyVistaNerd]

Flies are actually excellent flyers, but to them glass, is like an invisible forcefield so they think there is nothing there, so that's why the stumble around in the glass.

[valzilla2000]

I know I wouldnt wanna be a fly....

[jcmegabyte]

Yep - that's gotta hurt! XD

[valzilla2000]

WHEEE- ow WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE- ow WHEE- *dies*