# How does a fly land on the ceiling?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-fly-land-on-the-ceiling/53371>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 6, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-fly-land-on-the-ceiling/53371 "2001-02-06T17:34:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![RyderPMoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@RyderPMoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyderPMoses)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-fly-land-on-the-ceiling/53371/1 "2001-02-06T17:34:25Z")

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So this fly is flying along, legs down, and somehow lands on the ceiling, legs up. How did he do that? Did he do a half loop, a half roll, or simply hit the ceiling and tumble into a legs-up position?

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-fly-land-on-the-ceiling/53371/2 "2001-02-06T17:55:09Z")

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Welcome.  
Here’s what **Cecil** had to say about it: [**"How does a fly land upside down on the ceiling?"**](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_043.html)

Basically, it does an upsidedown somersaut.

Jim