Fly Emoji

Animals

A detailed illustration of a common housefly, featuring its distinctive large, bulbous eyes, translucent wings, and segmented body. It is depicted in shades of grey, black, or blue, capturing the look of a typical household pest.

Usage Context

Used to represent irritation, filth, or the physical presence of a buzzing insect. It often appears in conversations about dirty environments, summer picnics, or to signal that something is gross or annoying. It is frequently used alongside the 🤢 face or the 💩 emoji to emphasize a sense of disgust.

History

The fly was added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0. Its inclusion addressed a long-standing gap in insect representation, as users previously had to rely on less specific bugs like the 🐜 or 🐝 to describe unwanted pests.

Details

Glyph

🪰

Unicode

U+1FAB0

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fab0:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEB0;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-bug

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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