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House Fly

Musca domestica

Description:

The adults are 8–12 mm long. Their thorax is gray, with four longitudinal dark lines on the back. The whole body is covered with hair-like projections. The females are slightly larger than the males, and have a much larger space between their red compound eyes. The mass of pupae can range from about 8 to 20 mg under different conditions.

Habitat:

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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BaifernMezMi
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BaifernMezMi

กรุงเทพมหานคร, Krung Thep, Thailand

Spotted on Mar 13, 2012
Submitted on Mar 13, 2012

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