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Housefly

Musca Domestica

Description:

The common housefly is usually gray, with 6 limbs and is covered in small hairs. They contain 2 large compound eyes and have a thorax

Habitat:

The Housefly is known to live all around the globe, mostly in areas of warm temperatures.

Notes:

The common housefly is around 0.6-0.7 centimeters long, and is classified in the class Insecta. The Housefly’s lifespan is only around 28 days.

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1 Comment

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 4 years ago

This looks quite a lot like one of the Blowfly species. See here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/7176

20cbarnabae
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20cbarnabae

Maryland, USA

Spotted on Jan 14, 2020
Submitted on Jan 14, 2020

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