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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Muscinae » Muscini » Musca » House Fly (Musca domestica)
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House Fly? Male? - Musca domestica - male
Copyright © 2016 Salvador Vitanza

House Fly? Male? - Musca domestica - Male
Columbus, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
September 28, 2016
Size: 5.5 mm

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 28 September, 2016 - 11:02pm
Last updated 30 September, 2016 - 5:36pm

Moved
Moved from House Flies and kin.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 September, 2016 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

Musca domestica ....... male
Musca domestica ....... male
… Bill Dean, 30 September, 2016 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Calyptratae.
… John F. Carr, 30 September, 2016 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 30 September, 2016 - 5:00am login or register to post comments

Yes.
Yes.
… Bill Dean, 29 September, 2016 - 1:49am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Bill!
.
… Salvador Vitanza, 29 September, 2016 - 7:04am login or register to post comments

 
To be scientific, it is Musca domestica
To be scientific, it is Musca domestica.
… Bill Dean, 29 September, 2016 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

 
I agree, but
I was told long ago to post the common name to avoid repetition once the organism is assigned it's proper scientific name. I only submit the scientific name when a specific common name is not available
… Salvador Vitanza, 29 September, 2016 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

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