The house fly is a common pest found worldwide that can transmit over 100 pathogens through its larvae feeding on feces and adults feeding on human food. As described in the document, the house fly has distinct life stages of eggs, maggots, pupae and winged adults. It is a significant threat to public health, transmitting diseases like diarrhea, dysentery, cholera and typhoid fever to humans and agricultural animals. Both non-chemical methods like improved sanitation and chemical insecticides can help control house fly populations.

2. House Fly

3. Introduction
Scientific Name: Musca domestica
Family: Muscidae
Order: Diptera
Status: Most prevalent pest of highly medical
importance
Distribution: No house free from its population and
distributed world-wide. Alarming population in hot and
humid climate.

4. Description of Stages
Eggs: Whitish, elongated
and dosrsal surface has two
curved rib-like thickenings
Maggot: Tapering and
creamy white
Puparium: Seed-like and
barrel shaped and creamy
white

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Adult: 6-7 mm long and 13-15 mm across the wings.
Dull colour, a plumose rise on the antennae, pale grey
wings with a yellow base, greyish dorsum of the thorax
with 4 equally broad longitudinal lines and yellow
mark on side of the abdomen except posterior side
which is brownish-black.

6. Mode of damage
 Highly problemtic for human beings.
 Transmits large number of infectious diseases.
 Diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera, typhoid and other
fevers.
 Carries over 100 species of pathogens.

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 Larval population become infected in feces and adult
stage feeds on human food and results in polluting of
their bodies
 Also transmit diseases to mammals and birds of
agricultural importance.

8. Control
Non chemical control
 Proper sanitary conditions
 Screening of windows and doors
 Use of fly-swatters

9. Chemical Control
 Poison baits and sticky paper traps
 Malathion 2% and trichlorfon 0.5%
 Aerosol sprays containing pyrethroids
 Smear the surface of doors and windows with paint