[It's me]

Assuming that golf course provided oasis for flys would they travel 1/2 mile into barren desert ?

Simple, to find a site for her to lay her eggs. Haskell stated that a fly has an incredible sense of smell an can smell dead flesh up to a mile and a half away.

[VRWC_minion]

Simple, to find a site for her to lay her eggs. Haskell stated that a fly has an incredible sense of smell an can smell dead flesh up to a mile and a half away.

CAN smell, but what is normal distance fly's travel ? How long before a body in desert smells like a dead fish. What part does wind direction take ? Would fly's travel 1 1/2 miles when there is a well watered golf course near by ?