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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Muscinae » Muscini » Musca » House Fly (Musca domestica)
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Musca domestica - female
Copyright © 2005 Chris Wirth

Musca domestica - Female
Virginia, USA
October 1, 2005
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Contributed by Chris Wirth on 31 December, 2005 - 7:25pm
Last updated 1 January, 2006 - 11:54am

I doubt...
Anyone can deny Musca domestica, because all criteria (wing venation, compound eyes color, body proportions and so on) are perfectly matching.
Nice shot of an all too common species.
But some of them are needed in a Guide whose ambition is to encompass the whole North American fauna. If nothing else, such a picture is very useful for a comparison wihh related genera and species.
… Richard Vernier, 1 January, 2006 - 5:40am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for your help!
… Chris Wirth, 1 January, 2006 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

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