Curious Kids: Where do flies sleep?
- Written by Bryan Lessard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO
Flies will often sleep on the underside of leaves, to escape from heat and predators.Mai Lam/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SA
This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!
Where do...

