Descriptions of filth-breeding flies.
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Pests |
Description |
Breeding Habits |
Life Cycle |
Control |
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Non-Chemical |
Chemical |
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House Fly |
About 1/4" in length; dull gray in color; thorax marked longitudinally with 4 dark stripes; abdomen pale and fourth wing vein is angled. |
Warm organic material such as animal and poultry manure, garbage, decaying vegetables and fruits and in piles of moist leaves and lawn clippings. |
6 to 10 days |
Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites; tight fitting garbage containers and screens on windows and doors. |
Larvicides; residual and space sprays; baits. |
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Green Bottle |
About 1/2" in length with shiny metallic blue-green abdomen and thorax. |
Dead animal carcasses; decomposing meat and fish; garbage and some-times animal excrement. |
9 to 21 days |
Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites; tight fitting garbage containers and screens on windows and doors. |
Larvicides; residual and space sprays. |
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Bronze Bottle |
About 1/2" in length with a shiny bronze abdomen and thorax. |
Dead animal carcasses; decomposing meat and fish, garbage and sometimes animal excrement. |
9 to 10 days |
Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites; tight fitting garbage containers. |
Larvicides; residual and space sprays. |
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Blue Bottle |
About 1/2" in length with a dull thorax and shiny blue abdomen. |
Dead animal carcasses; decomposing meat and fish, garbage, over-ripe fruit, decaying vegetable matter and sores on living humans. |
15 to 20 days |
Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites; tight fitting garbage containers and screens on windows and doors. |
Larvicides; residual and space sprays. |
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Moth Flies or Filter Flies |
1/16" to 1/8" in length; light gray to tan in color. |
Decomposing organic material such as moist plant litter, garbage, sewage, around kitchen or bathroom sinks and water traps in plumbing fixtures. |
7 to 20 days |
Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites, tight fitting garbage containers and moisture control. |
Larvicides; residual and space sprays. |
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Eye Gnats |
About 1/16" in length, shiny black to dull gray in color with yellow or orange markings on the legs and have small mouthparts and bare aristae on antennae. |
Loose soil containing con-siderable organic material, decaying vegetation and animal excrement. |
7 to 28 days |
Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites. |
Repellents; residual and space sprays. |
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Hump Backed |
About 1/8" in length with a small head and large thorax causing the fly to have a hump-backed appearance. |
Decaying vegetation, animal debris, garbage and in ant and termite nests. |
10 to 25 days |
Sanitation, destruction of breeding sites and moisture control. |
Residual and space sprays. |
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Blind Mosquitoes |
3/16" to 1/2" in length with a slender body, large thorax, small head, and slender 5 to 14 segmented antennae. |
Lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, reservoirs and tanks. |
8 to 21 days |
Moisture Control |
No Suitable Control. |
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Black Blow Flies |
About 1/3" in length with a shiny metallic dark blue abdomen and thorax. |
Dead animal carcasses; garbage and wounds in living animals. |
8 to 10 days |
Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites; tight fitting garbage containers. |
Larvicides; residual and space sprays. |
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Flesh Flies |
3/8" to 9/16" in length, dull grayish-black in color with three dark stripes on the thorax. |
Decayed flesh and spoiling meat, manure, wounds in living animals and sometimes garbage. |
8 to 21 days |
Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites. |
Residual and space sprays. |
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Vinegar Flies |
About 1/8" in length, brownish-black to brownish-yellow in color and have a feathery bristle on the antennae. |
Fermenting or rotting fruit and vegetable material and in garbage cans. |
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Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites; tight fitting garbage containers. |
Residual and space sprays. |
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Dump Flies |
About 1/4" long, black in color with a shiny thorax and abdomen. |
Garbage and fowl excrement. The larvae are predaceous on larvae of other flies. |
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Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites. |
Larvicides; residual and space sprays. |
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Secondary Screwworm Fly |
About 1/4" long, green in color, shiny abdomen and thorax with thorax marked lengthwise with 3 dark stripes. |
Dead tissue surrounding wounds in animals, fresh cut meats, and garbage. |
9 to 39 days |
Sanitation and destruction of breeding sites. |
Residual and space sprays. |
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