Musca domestica
Also known as house fly, Fly, housefly
The housefly (Musca domestica) is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It possibly originated in the Middle East, and spread around the world as a commensal of humans. Adults are gray to black, with four dark, longitudinal lines on the thorax, slightly hairy bodies, and a single pair of membranous wings. They have red compound eyes, set farther apart in the slightly larger female.
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The housefly (Musca domestica) is a small fly that likely originated in the Middle East and has spread worldwide by living alongside humans, featuring gray to black bodies with distinctive dark lines on the thorax and a single pair of wings. These flies have red compound eyes and are slightly hairy, with females being somewhat larger than males.
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyMuscidae
Musca domestica La mouche domestique (Musca domestica), est la plus commune des espèces de mouches. Elle porte le nom de domestique bien que ce ne soit pas un animal domestique, mais c'est un insecte qui entre volontiers dans les maisons (domus en latin). Cette synanthropie en fait l'un des insectes ayant la plus vaste aire de répartition dans le monde. Sommaire 1 Description 2 Risque de confusion 3 Cycle de vie 4 Comportements typiques 5 Mécanisme de détermination du sexe 6 Évolution 7 Les mouches et les humains 8 Références 9 Liens externes Description Anatomie de la mouche domestique. Les adultes mesurent de 5 à 8 mm de long et leur poids moyen est de 7 mg[1]. Leur thorax est gris, avec quatre lignes noires longitudinales sur le dos. La face ventrale de l'abdomen est grise. Le corps entier est recouvert de soies. Elles ont des yeux composés rouges. Les femelles sont légèrement plus grosses que les mâles. Les pièces buccales de la mouche forment une trompe se terminant par deux coussinets munis de pores, par lesquels la mouche aspire sa nourriture. Risque de confusion Certaines espèces sont assez similaires, en apparence, avec la mouche domestique : la petite mouche domestique, F
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The housefly (Musca domestica) is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It possibly originated in the Middle East, and spread around the world as a commensal of humans. Adults are gray to black, with four dark, longitudinal lines on the thorax, slightly hairy bodies, and a single pair of membranous wings. They have red compound eyes, set farther apart in the slightly larger female.
The female housefly usually mates only once and stores the sperm for later use. It lays batches of about 100 eggs on decaying organic matter such as food waste, carrion, or feces. These soon hatch into legless white larvae, known as maggots. After two to five days of development, these metamorphose into reddish-brown pupae, about long. Adult flies normally live for two to four weeks, but can hibernate during the winter. The adults feed on a variety of liquid or semi-liquid substances, as well as solid materials which have been softened by their saliva. They can carry pathogens on their bodies and in their feces, contaminate food, and contribute to the transfer of food-borne illnesses, while, in numbers, they can be physically annoying. For these reasons, they are considered pests.