Flies literally vomit on the food they want to consume, because they use their stomach acid to dissolve it. So they could have been munching on some dogshit before they landed on your dinner, and then they vomit up that dogshit on your food.
Insects are not automatically “insanely clean animals” per definition just because they have an exo-skeleton.
I don’t much care. Insects are insanely clean animals. Have to be or their exoskeleton gets jacked.
Still, I have an illogical ick about bugs walking on my food more so than landing on it.
Flies literally vomit on the food they want to consume, because they use their stomach acid to dissolve it. So they could have been munching on some dogshit before they landed on your dinner, and then they vomit up that dogshit on your food.
Insects are not automatically “insanely clean animals” per definition just because they have an exo-skeleton.