Assertion: fly | /r/CapableOf | lay egg
Facets:
value: on other animals
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in the water
type: LOCATION
value: in maggots
type: LOCATION
value: generally
type: MANNER
value: on things
type: LOCATION
value: on the forelegs of large animals
type: LOCATION
value: in sheep wool
type: LOCATION
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: in northern europe
type: LOCATION
value: on the heads of the ants
type: LOCATION
value: on food
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: on even rotting flesh
type: LOCATION
value: on fruit
type: LOCATION
value: sometimes
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The fly favours host species of the genus Ovis, domestic sheep in particular, and sometimes lays eggs in the wet wool of living sheep.
text: Flies lay their eggs on fruit, food, other animals and even rotting flesh.
text: Many flies (most importantly in the family Agromyzidae) lay their eggs in the mesophyll tissue of leaves with larvae feeding between the surfaces forming blisters and mines.
text: These flies are parasitic, and lay eggs on the heads of the ants.
text: In northern Europe, the fly often lays its eggs in sheep wool.
text: Redi demonstrated that maggots turned into flies, which laid eggs that turned into more maggots.
text: He observed that maggots only appeared on meat that’s left uncovered, allowing flies to lay eggs that later hatched.
text: The screw worm fly lays eggs on the edges of wounds or mucus membranes of body openings.
text: Flystrike is a painful, sometimes fatal, condition caused by flies laying eggs on another animal, which hatch into maggots and eat their 'hosts' flesh.
text: The fly lays eggs on the forelegs of large animals.
text: Flies generally lay their eggs on things that will make a good food source for their offspring, so when maggot larvae hatch they can get to work feasting right away.
text: Soon flies will lay their eggs in the water and maggots will thrive on the stale piece of meat.
text: In Schizophora however the serosa does not develop, but these flies lay their eggs in damp places, such as rotting matter.
text: Flies arrive at the scene and lay their eggs.