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Bush fly population explodes in Central Australia as hot, humid weather creates perfect breeding conditions​

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Hot, wet conditions to the north and east of Central Australia have provided the perfect breeding conditions for bush flies in the red centre.

Theo Evans, associate professor of applied entomology at the University of Western Australia, says the flies are very mobile.

"They can beat their own wings and their own muscle power and fly perhaps 10 kilometres a day," Dr Evans says.

"But they can also fly quite high, hundreds of metres up into the air. And there's strong winds at that height."

He says according to recent CSIRO research, the flies can also be blown more than 300km a day.

"That is normal," he says.

Dr Evans says it is too cold for the flies in the southern half of the continent in winter.

"Flies can't survive below 15 degrees."
 

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