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When the spores are mature they are forcibly ejected and may fall onto flies resting nearby. If no hosts are available for infection, a smaller secondary conidium may develop. [ 2 ] Once on a fly, the conidia germinate within a few hours and a germ tube begins to penetrate the insect's cuticle. [ 3 ]
The housefly (Musca domestica) is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha.It possibly originated in the Middle East, and spread around the world as a commensal of humans.Adults are gray to black, with four dark, longitudinal lines on the thorax, slightly hairy bodies, and a single pair of membranous wings.
Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea. Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species in over 100 genera. Most species are not synanthropic.
Cochliomyia is commonly referred to as the New World screwworm flies, as distinct from Old World screwworm flies. Four species are in this genus: C. macellaria, C. hominivorax, C. aldrichi, and C. minima. [2] [3] C. hominivorax is known as the primary screwworm because its larvae produce myiasis and feed on living tissue. This feeding causes ...
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But they also can be found in areas where there’s standing water, such as a sewer or septic leak, inside dirty garbage cans or rain barrels, areas where air conditioner condensate lines drain ...
They are fairly large flies, nearly twice the size of the housefly, with a metallic blue abdomen and long orange setae on the gena. While adult flies feed on nectar, females deposit their eggs on rotting corpses, making them important forensic insects , as their eggs and timing of oviposition can be used to estimate time of death.