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Name: jay 
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Saturday, October 12, 2002
Question:
what do you call a baby fly?

Replies:
Jay, I don't know about all flies, but in fruit flies, the newly formed fly is called an "imago". Pronounced im-(as in him)-a-(as in ha)-go. Accent on the second syllable.

Paul Mahoney, PhD

Replies:
Flies are insects that grow from egg to larva to pupa to adult through complete metamorphosis, so there is no "baby fly" in the way there is a baby mammal, like a puppy or kitten.

J. Elliott

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