This column is part of a “Point-Counterpoint” pair. Read Tutta’s Take on the issue here.

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat’s the deal on flies – houseflies that is, Musca domestica? Why can’t they leave us alone? If they’d just wait until a door opens and fly out, but no. They land on us, bite, interrupt deep thoughts and cause us to reach for a rolled up Hays Free Press to send them to happy cadaver land.

Recently I began to wonder why they are so persistently rela...