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Cluster Fly, a still.
True size9mm long0.35 in
Photoreal · Capture

Cluster Fly

No. 37 of 374, smallest first
A typical one: cluster fly, about 9 mm

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Cluster flies are a little larger than house flies, with golden hairs on their backs.

Shelf
Photoreal
Kind
Capture
Sound
Yes
Licenses
CC BY 4.0, MIT, BSD
Cluster Fly at its real size

Life size. This cluster fly is 9 mm long on your screen too, give or take a tenth on a phone. Hold a real one next to it.

How to play, in the Playground

Tap it to make it groom its legs and face.

About it

Cluster flies are a little larger than house flies, with golden hairs on their backs. They get their name from the way hundreds of them gather in attics and window frames in autumn to wait out the winter. Their young live in the soil, feeding on earthworms.

Tap it and it grooms like a real fly: the front legs rub together, reach up and wipe its face while its head dips, and then it gives a little shake. Flies clean themselves often because their legs and eyes need to stay free of dust to taste and see.

Sources and credits

WorkByLicense
Cluster FlyConverted, decimated, spherical harmonics removed, recentered and scaled.Dany BittelCC BY 4.0

Libraries

MIT, BSD
WebP codec (splat-transform, with libwebp)

Share it

This link opens it in the Playground. To put it on your own page, add the element and one script tag. Every option.

https://splashery.app/play/?toy=cluster-fly<script type="module" src="https://splashery.app/play/src/element.js"></script> <splashery-toy toy="cluster-fly"></splashery-toy>

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