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Pest Identification

Flies

Flesh flies are often very numerous in populated areas but
seldom enter houses or food handling establishments in significant
numbers. Females of many species lay living larvae on meat
scraps or on dog excrement. They are fequently annoying outdoors
near dog runs.
Flesh flies are larger than house flies (up to two or three times
larger) and are grayish in color, with the familiar gray and black
checkerboard patern on the abdomen.
Recommended products: Fly Spot, Tempo, Suspend

The common house fly, is a worldwide pest. Its face has two
velvety stripes that are silver above and gold below. Although they
are attracted to a wide variety of food materials, house flies have
mouthparts that enable them to ingest only liquid materials. Solid
food materials are liquefied by means of regurgitated saliva. This
liquefied food is then drawn up by the mouthparts and passed into
the digistive tract.
House fly eggs are laid in almost any warm, moist material that will
furnish suitable food for the growing larvae. Animal manure, human
excrement, garbage, decaying vegetable material, and ground
contaminated with such organic matter are suitable materials.
Recommended products: Fly Spot , Maxforce fly gran.

Flesh Fly

House Fly

Moth Fly

Fruit Fly

Adults of this fly are about 1/8 inch long. Their eyes are red, the
thorax is tan, and the abdomen is black on top and gray
underneath. These insects are of concern both as nuisance pests
and as contaminators of food. Large populations can build up
quickly.
Eggs are laid near the surface of fermenting materials, such as
fruit, dirty garbage containers, rotten vegetables, of slime in drains.
Minute larvae hatch from the eggs in about 30 hours and feed near
the surface of the fermenting mass on which the eggs were laid.
When mature, the larvae move to a drier area and pupate.
Recommended products: Bio Drain, Suspend, Vector 960,
DeltaDust

Moth flies are also known as Drain Flies, filter flies, and sewage
flies. In homes, adults are found on the walls of the bathroom,
kitchen, and basement. These flies do not bite and are of little
economic importance. Even those that breed in sewage apparently
do not transmit human disease.
Eggs are laid in irregular masses in such places as the stones of
sewage plant filters, dirty garbage containers, water traps in
plumbing fixtures, built-in sinks and garbage disposal units. Larvae
and pupae live in the decomposing film, with breathing tubes
extending through the surface.
Recommended products: Bio Drain, Delta Dust

The stable fly, can easily be distinguished from the other common
domestic flies by the long, pointed proboscis that extends in front
of the head. Both males and females use this proboscis to pierce
the skin of a host and suck blood. The bite is painful, and outdoor
human activity may be curtailed when these flies are numerous.
Eggs are laid in such places as decaying hay, straw, fermenting
weeds, grass, and seaweeds. Stable flies are commonly found
around stables and houses, and also along the seashore and near
dog kennels.
Recommended products: Tempo, Suspend

Horse flies and deer flies are pests of domestic and wild animals,
and occasionally of humans. More than 300 species occur in North
America. Adults range in size from small deer flies (about 1/4 inch in
length) to the large horse flies (about 1-1/4 inches in length).
Eggs of most species are deposited in masses on vegetation
overhanging water or moist areas. Newly hatched larvae fall to
water or mud, where they feed on organic debris or prey on other
aquatic life. When ready to pupate, they migrate to drier areas of
the soil.

Stable Fly

Horse Fly

Sand Fly

Deer Fly

The entire life cycle may take up to 1 to 2 years or more to
complete, depending on the species and environmental conditions.
Only female tabanids feed on blood, using scissorslike
mouthparts to inflict painful bites. Males feed on nectar,
honeydew, or other liquids. Tabanids are strong, robust fliers and
have been implicated in mechanically transmitting tularemia.
These flies may be a considerable nuisance in recreational areas.

Adults are 1/16 to 1/8 inch long, with blood-sucking mouthparts.
Eggs are laid in salt marshes, in mud and plant debris in fresh
water, and in damp, rotten holes in trees.
These insects inflict severe bites that may take several weeks to
heal. In many areas, they force people to stay indoors on days
when they are numerous. They constitute a serious economic
problem in many summer resort areas and other recreational areas.
The bites are so annoying that people cannot enjoy themselves in
the presence of these flies.

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Fly Identification