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Muscia Domestica L. :Muscia Domestica L. Dr. Deryck D. Pattron, Ph.D.
House Fly :House Fly Musca domestica L.
Class - Insecta
Order - Diptera
Suborder - Cyclorrhapha
Family - Muscidae
Musca domestica Linneaus :Musca domestica Linneaus Commonly known as house fly
Pest
Found everywhere, except Antarctica
Responsible for possible epidemics and enteric disease
Closely associated with human habitation and livestock
Life cycle of house fly (11-21 days) :Life cycle of house fly (11-21 days) Eggs Larva x3 Pupa Adult
House fly eggs :House fly eggs 1.2mm long
Each egg-laying cycle produces 120-150 eggs per cycle with multiple generations per year
Eggs layed in damp organic debris
Aerobic microbial fermentation of organic debris causes the eggs to hatch in 8-40 hours
House fly larvae :House fly larvae Larvae undergoes 3 instars: with the emergence of the mature yellowish-white larvae at the end of the third instar 8-15 mm
House fly pupae :House fly pupae 8 mm 3-10 days
Feeding Behaviour :Feeding Behaviour
Control of house fly :Control of house fly Biological
Physical
Chemical
Biological Control :Biological Control
Physical Control :Physical Control
Chemical Control :Chemical Control Carbamates: Acetylcholinesterase
Organophosphates: Acetylcholinesterase
Pyrethroids: Sodium channel
Neonicotinoids: Acetylcholine receptor
Spinosyns: Acetylcholine receptor
Pyriproxyfen: JH mimics
Benzoylureas: Chitin biosynthesis
Cyromazine: Moulting disruption
References :References www.irac-online.org
John B. Campbell, J.B. Biology, Ecology and
Control of Stable Flies and House Flies, University of Nebraska