# Where do flys go when it rains.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-flys-go-when-it-rains/90188>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-flys-go-when-it-rains/90188 "2001-10-28T23:54:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![ScottHaneda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@ScottHaneda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottHaneda)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-flys-go-when-it-rains/90188/1 "2001-10-28T23:54:56Z")

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Where do flys go when it rains? Most pests seem to haev nests of some form, or a home so to speak, do flys? Do they sleep?

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**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-flys-go-when-it-rains/90188/2 "2001-10-29T00:10:34Z")

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From direct personal experience, I can tell you that _all_ of them, in the entire world, sheek dry shelter in my kitchen.

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**Author:** ![grirnpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e56c9b/32.png) [@grirnpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grirnpixie)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-flys-go-when-it-rains/90188/3 "2001-10-29T00:10:51Z")

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Under your armpits.

Or, if that’s not handy, a hole or under a leaf.

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**Author:** ![ScottHaneda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@ScottHaneda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottHaneda)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-flys-go-when-it-rains/90188/4 "2001-10-29T00:42:59Z")

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kind if looking for serious answers here please