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Common House Fly - (Musca domestica)
Adult, grey black in colour, 6mm long.

Life cycle
Egg - larva - pupa - adult

Life Style
Female lays up to 150 eggs in rotting vegetation or animal faeces. They hatch within 48 hours and the larva develop in 1 - 2 weeks feeding on the high protein medium they hatch in. The mature larva find a dry area in which to pupate emerging some days later, depending on temperature.

Pest Factor
The house fly will inject saliva into food sources dissolving them so that they can be sucked up by the proboscis. This process combined with the unhygienic lifestyle means that the house fly is know to spread disease.

Other Species
Blue bottle
Cluster Fly

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For further information or assistance contact:
Cambridge Environmental Services
Cambridge 01223 570250
Bishop's Stortford 01279 503407
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