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Housefly

Musca domestica

Description:

The housefly (also house fly, house-fly or common housefly), Musca domestica, is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It is the most common of all domestic flies, accounting for about 91% of all flies in human habitations, and indeed one of the most widely distributed insects, found all over the world. It is considered a pest that can carry serious diseases.

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NuwanChathuranga
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NuwanChathuranga

Alawwa, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Dec 3, 2012
Submitted on Dec 18, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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