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House fly
Musca domestica
13.7708, 100.623
Field Notes
Description:
House flies are 3/16 to 1/4 inch long with robust bodies and two clear wings. The thorax is marked with four dark stripes. Larvae are called maggots and are creamy-white and cone-shaped, with the hind end blunt and bearing breathing holes (spiracles) tapering to the head which bears black hook-like mouthparts.
A number of flies resemble house flies. The stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus), superficially resembles the house fly, but bears stiff, elongated mouthparts modified for biting animals and people and feeding on blood. They are very persistent and usually bite around the ankles. Their life cycle and food sources are similar to house flies, although development is slower (20 to 25 days from egg to adult).
Habitat:
They are pests primarily in suburban and rural areas where both their breeding sites of in or near bodies of water and mammal hosts are more abundant. Some species are vectors of disease organisms to humans and other mammals, but in the U.S. most vectored diseases involve livestock. They are found throughout North America, with about 350 species occurring here.
Notes:
i meet it in my garden house
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