Large housefly

Musca Domestica

The housefly is black, 7-8 mm long, its proboscis is directed downwards and ends in the easily recognizable sucking pad. The inner edges of the wings overlap when at rest. The female lays about 600 eggs mainly in dung, faeces, compost heaps and garbage heaps, i.e. wherever organic matter decomposes. This fly has a preference for human and animal bodily excretions (sweat, feces, festering wounds) and thus transmits infectious diseases such as typhus, cholera, salmonellosis, polio, foot and mouth disease, etc.). Home furnishings and food are soiled and may be contaminated with pathogens.