The mosquito (not the fly) is the state bird of Louisiana.

a fly doesnt suck your blood. all they do is shit on everything they land on

Malaria?

A fly is an insect that lays eggs in meat which then turn into maggots and then as an adult fly away to eat and make more. Flys eat almost any food and to do it they vomit over the food item and suck up the remains. Flys have a compact and fairly heavy oval body that is sometimes covered with a coarse fur. Mosquitos have very thin bodies, longer legs and longer thinner wings. The females have a long proboscis (nose) hose that they insert into skin to suck up blood which is used to nurish their eggs. They lay eggs on top of still water in little bubbles. The eggs hatch and the little mosquitos swim around in the water and the adults take flight to do the cycle all over again.

To be fair, some flies do suck blood. Like horseflies.

1) A mosquito does fly, but a fly does not mosquito. Or: A fly can fly but a mosquito cannot mosquito. 2) More seriously... Many insects, whose names contain the word "fly", such as butterflies, are not related to the "fly" zoological order (Diptera). The word "fly" has a non-technical meaning and a zoological meaning. What we name fly in common usage is any of the insects of the family Muscidae. Mosquitoes are common flying insects in the family Culicidae. In the scientific sense, flies are all insects of the order Diptera, which contains among others, the families Muscidae and Culicidae. "fly (plural flies) 1. (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings, also called true flies. 2. (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges). 3. Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly. 4. (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect. 5. (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)" Source and further information: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fly#Noun Only the first three meanings are here relevant. 3) Fly (scientific sense) "There are two generally accepted suborders of Diptera. The Nematocera are usually recognized by their elongated bodies and feathery antennae as represented by mosquitoes and crane flies. The Brachycera tend to have a more roundly proportioned body and very short antennae. A more recent classification has been proposed in which the Nematocera is split into two suborders, the Archidiptera and the Eudiptera, but this has not yet gained widespread acceptance among dipterists." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly Further information: - Mosquitoes (Culicidae) (scientific sense) is a family of about 3,500 species of the Suborder Nematocera: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito - Fly (Muscidae)(non-technical sense) is a family of almost 4,000 described species of the Suborder Brachycera: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscoidea

You can zip your fly but you can't zip your mosquito!