A fly landing on Mike Pence's head during the VP debate is the internet's new favorite meme

A fly that landed on Mike Pence's head during the Vice Presidential debate has become the internet's favorite new meme this week.

Towards the end of Wednesday night's debate, a large housefly was caught on camera, buzzing around the Republican candidate, before landing and resting on the crown of his head for around two whole minutes.

The insect's appearance quickly became arguably the most memorable part of the night.

Take a look at this footage of the bug's appearance during the debate:

Per a recent report by BBC News, the phrase "the fly" has been tweeted and retweeted more than 700,000 times since the debate's conclusion. It quickly began trending on the social media platform, with a number of Twitter users jumping on the bandwagon.

Inevitably, image macros created by amused viewers of the debate followed, with many making jokes about Pence's perceived apathy to the fly.

For example, one Twitter user wrote: "I’m not saying he’s an alien but I never seen a bug sit so comfortably on anyone since Men In Black [sic]". Meanwhile, television host and comedian Bob Saget suggested that the fly be given its own television show, where it could be voiced by Hollywood actor Jeff Goldblum - who famously played the lead in the David Cronenberg version of The Fly.

Even Democrat presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden got in on the fun. Biden quickly took to Twitter, sharing an image of himself with over 10 million followers in which he was playfully holding a flyswatter, along with a link to the donation page of his campaign, which he captioned: "Pitch in $5 to help this campaign fly. [sic]"

A number of conservative commentators also saw the funny side. For instance, former senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway wrote to her 3.4 million followers "Give that fly a mail-in ballot," while Republican Senator Rand Paul added: "The deep state planted a bug on @VP. The illegal spying is really out of control. [sic]"

As if that wasn't enough, someone even decided to launch a Twitter account for the fly, with "Pence's Fly" now boasting over 17,000 followers as of the time of writing.

However, per the New York Post, it should be noted that a similar instance occurred back in 2016, when a fly landed on the face of Hilary Clinton, making the incident something of an inadvertent American tradition.