Flies

House Fly: General Description       The house fly adult length is about 6 to 7 Female adults are usually larger than males. The female can be distinguished from the male by the relatively wide space between the eyes (in males, the eyes almost touch). The head of the adult has reddish eyes and sponging mouthparts. The adult has…

Fungus Gnat (Dark-Winged): General Description Credit: Peter Rühr Credit: James Lindsey Fungus gnats are distinguished from fruit flies because of their darker They are usually less than 5 mm long and short-lived gnats. These flies are sometimes confused with drain flies. The adults are 2–8 mm long. Larvae are slender and lack legs. Larvae are white (except for a black head),…

Fruit Fly, Drosophila Fly, Lesse Fruit Fly, or Vinegar Fly Fly: General Description Credit:  André Karwath Credit:  André Karwath Credit:  André Karwath Adults are 4mm long, yellow-brown, with brick-red eyes and transverse black rings across the abdomen. The front portion of the body is tan, and the rear portion is Females are about 2.5 mm long; males are slightly smaller with…

Flesh Fly: General Description  Flesh flies are larger than house flies (up to three times larger). Adult flesh flies are a light grayish in color and have a gray-and-black checkerboard pattern on their abdomen and three dark longitudinal stripes on the thorax. Longitudinal, strong bristles are present only on the posterior part of the abdomen. Credit: Saleem Hameed The mouth…

Face Fly: General Description Credit: TristramBrelstaff Credit: James Lindsey   The face fly is similar to the closely resembles the house flybut is slightly larger, They are about 7–8 mm long. Adults are grey in color with four dark stripes on the thorax, with a grey-black patterned abdomen. The eyes in males almost touch when viewed from above. Life Cycle and Common Characteristics…

Drain Fly, Moth Fly, Sewage Fly, or Filter Fly: General Description Adults are about 1-2.5 mm long (about one-third the size of a housefly), with a light gray or tan body and lighter-colored wings. Both the body and the wings are densely covered with long hairs that give the body a fuzzy appearance, hence the name moth fly. When at…

Blow Flies: General Description Blue Fly Credit:  John Talbol Green fly Credit: glmory - inaturalist.org Adults of blow flies are about the size of house flies or slightly larger and have a bright metallic blue or green coloration. The mouth parts are sucking type. The veining of the wings is similar to that of the house flies. The adult blue fly, Calliphora,…