Flesh fly

Description:

The flesh-flies are generally medium to big-sized flies and of mainly of greyish color; the typical pattern is lengthwise stripes, whitish-cream with black. Many have conspicuous red compound eyes.

Habitat:

Here, seen on a meadow in local marshland; (protected marshlands or Maraîs de Bidonne), in lowlands around lake Geneva (lac Leman), between Alps and Jura mountain ranges.

Notes:

These are the very common flies entering houses in search of rotting meat and meat products to lay down their eggs.