Flesh Fly

Description:

Flesh Flies are medium-sized (10-20mm long), larger than house flies, and often mistaken for the latter due to quite similar markings and coloration. Most of them spot bright red eyes and are light or dark grey in color (unlike Blow Flies that have metallic-colored bodies), and present a checkerboard-like pattern atop their abdomen. The adult Flesh Flies have three dark stripes on its thorax whereas the House Flies have 4 stripes. Some Flesh Flies lay eggs that are deposited on or near suitable food, though a few species give birth to larvae (maggots) where the eggs are already hatched in the uterus of the female. The larvae complete growth within a few days, then burrow into soil to pupate for a week or so and emerge as adults about two weeks later or longer, dependent on favourable conditions. Flesh Fly pupae can remain dormant for long periods. Maggots of some Sarcophaga species hibernate as pupae in autumn and do not emerge as adult flies until late spring.

Habitat:

Found wherever there are carrion, decaying organic matter and excrement as breeding grounds, usually in urban and rural areas though rarely in houses or eateries. Flesh Flies are associated with dead animal carcasses which are their primary breeding site, though they’re also found in garbage, dung, or other decaying organic matter.They are very common and widely distributed throughout the world.

Notes:

I found this flesh fly on the wall in my kitchen room,Pruksachart Village,Eastern Bangkok.When I saw it was finding some food to eat.