Common Fly Species

• Adult is 5–8mm in length.
• Grey thorax with 4 narrow stripes.
• Buff or yellow abdomen.
• Covered with small hairs that serve as taste organs.
• Complex compound eyes – with thousands of lenses allows them a wide field of vision.
• 4th wing vein bent and wing tips slightly pointed.
• Larva is white and tapers to a point at the head end. There are 2 spiracle “spots” at the hind end, is legless and 12 mm in length when mature.

House flies are able to quickly mature from an egg to an adult. They breed in moist decaying vegetable matter eg. in uncovered dustbin or pet food.

• Eggs are laid in batches of 120 to 150 and can hatch in 8 – 72 hours.
• The larvae of House Flies can take 3 – 60 days to mature.
• Pupae matures in 3 – 28 days.

Once indoors, house flies can be found resting on walls, floors or ceilings. Outdoors they can be seen on plants, the ground, fences, compost heaps and rubbish bins.

At night them they prefer to rest near food sources approx. 5 to 15 feet off the ground.

• Houseflies breed in things like rotting, damp vegetables that they can find in uncovered trash or pet food.

• When houseflies are indoors they are often found resting on walls, floors or ceilings.

• When outside the home they can be seen on plants, soil, fences, compost piles and trash cans.

• At night they prefer to rest near their food source (approximately 5 - 15 feet from the ground).

• Adult is 1/4" - 1/2" in length.
• Metallic blue colour.
• Larva — Similar to the house fly larva in all respects except size. 3/4" when mature. They take 7 – 12 days to mature.

• Eggs hatch 0 – 18 hrs (partial development may occur within the female).
• Breeds in mostly meat derived substances, sometimes cheese.
• Common pest of dead rodents/birds etc.

• Breeds in food sources that contain fatty substances such as meat or cheese.

• Often found flying on the corpses of pests, such as mice, birds and others.

• Adult — 10–11mm long.
• Body has a pale grey colour.
• Eyes are bronze–brown.
• Legs are dark reddish–brown.

• The larvae can take up to two years to develop and live in loose sand.
• In the pupal stage the larvae curls into a circle or “u” shape lasting one or two weeks.

• Sand flies depend on a humid climate for their eggs to reproduce.

• Their larvae require a cool, moist habitat.

• In the wild, adult sand flies often inhabit crevices in rocks and in caves.

• 3mm in length.
• Yellow–brown or mottled in colour.
• Bright red eyes.
• Abdomen hangs down in flight, which is slow.
• Tend to hover.

• They can breed in rotten fruit, unclean drains and even cleaning utensils.
• Develops to adult in 7–30 days.
• Adult lives 2–9 weeks.
• In ideal temperature conditions, fruit flies can complete their development in as little as 1 week.

• They can breed in rotten fruit, unclean drains, and even cleaning equipment such as wet floor mops.

• Fruit flies only need to ferment fruit or a thin layer of organic material to reproduce properly.

• 6-14mm long. 
• Thorax is light grey and has 3 dark longitudinal stripes. 
• Abdomen is also light grey, spotted with dark patches to give a checker board appearance.

• Eggs hatch 1–6 days.
• Larvae 10–50 days to mature.
• Pupae 1–3 days to mature.

• Sewage fly larvae grow and feed in polluted shallow water or in very moist organic solids.

• Eggs, larvae and pupae of waste flies are often found piled up around the sides of household waste drains, septic tanks and wet compost.

• Panjangnya 6-14mm. 
• Rongga dada berwarna abu-abu terang dan mempunyai 3 garis-garis gelap memanjang. 
• Perut juga berwarna abu-abu terang, bercorak bercak-bercak hitam untuk memberikan tampilan kotak-kotak.

• Lifecycle lasts for 2-4 weeks. 
• The female deposits live larvae on a suitable feeding medium (this can range from spoilt meat or fish, or animal excrement, or in decaying food waste found in garbage bins). 
• Larvae feed for a few days, then move away from the feeding medium to pupate in adjacent drier parts.

• They are attracted to decaying wastes, excrement and human foods – making a threat to human health.

• Adults can be up to 25 mm long.
• Black to dark brown in colour with green or black eyes.
• The males have contiguous eyes, which easily differentiates them from females where the eyes are widely separated.
• Horse fly bites can be very painful.

• Mating is initiated in the air and completed on the ground where the female then deposits an egg mass sometimes with a shiny or chalky secretion, which aids in water protection.
• Eggs are laid in masses ranging from 100 to 1000 eggs on a vertical surface overhanging water or wet ground favourable to larvae development. The eggs hatch in 5–7 days.
• They overwinter in the larval stage and pupate during the spring and early summer.
• Adult life cycle is 30 to 60 days.

• Apart from being often found in livestock pens, horse fly larvae can also be found in places such as ponds, swamps and rivers.

• Horseflies are attracted to biting livestock such as cattle and horses to feed on their blood.