Buzzy, compound-eyed and surprisingly interesting once you get past the bad reputation - our printable fly mask is a brilliantly cheeky choice! The common fly is one of the most familiar insects in the world, and this mask captures those big iridescent eyes and wings in all their glory. Perfect for minibeasts school plays, insects classroom projects, World Book Day, Halloween, birthday parties, and wonderfully annoying imaginative play.

The fly mask is a bit of a wild card that always gets a reaction - kids love choosing the one nobody expects, and there's plenty of genuinely fascinating science behind this much-maligned insect. Every mask comes with a full colour version AND a black and white line art version for colouring in.

5 Interesting Facts About Flies!

A fly's compound eyes give it nearly 360-degree vision, which is why they're so hard to swat - they can see movement behind them and have a much faster visual processing speed than humans.
Flies taste with their feet - they have chemoreceptors on their legs that tell them instantly whether whatever they've landed on is edible.
The common housefly beats its wings around 200 times per second, which produces that characteristic buzzing sound - the pitch of the buzz is effectively the fly's wingbeat frequency.
Flies can walk upside down on ceilings thanks to sticky pads on their feet called pulvilli, which work through a combination of surface tension and tiny hairs that create molecular adhesion.
Despite their bad reputation, flies are vital decomposers - without them breaking down organic matter, the world would be buried under waste. They're also important pollinators of many plant species.

Printable Fly Mask

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