If an insect is inside of a container, but flying, is it adding weight to the container?

Question

If an insect is inside of a container, but flying, is it adding weight to the container?

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Answer 1

When something flies, the air is used to lift the object and the air itself receives a reaction force equal to the object lift. In this case the fly is resting it’s weight on the air that exerts that weight to the container. The weight of the system is the same as if the guy was resting on the floor.

To solve this problem do this next time: is the action exert forces or transfers energy or mass outside the system? If no, the energy, the mass and the total of forces in the systems are the same between the 2 scenarios.