Houseflies carry disease- causing agents on their feet.
It corners like a Housefly.
The Housefly has numerous enemies like lizards, birds, etc.
Houseflies live much longer than 24 hours, typically
for about 20 to 30 days.
Believe it or not, the Housefly is one of the cleanest creatures on the earth.
There is a popular belief,
particularly among our fashionable city folk that the houseflies are dirty creatures.
Instant killer of mosquitoes and dangerous houseflies by reaching even the deepest corners of your house.
And yet you choose to fixate your eyes on the tiny, black Housefly that has landed on it!
Other species include Musca nebula, the most common Housefly of India and Musca vicina, a smaller fly frequenting
our homes.
The annual mortality rate in the Housefly is incredible96.6%
and yet it multiplies by billions, thanks solely to human aid- the- fly programmes.
For example, mayflies live only one day, houseflies thirty days, rats three years,
dogs twelve years, horses twenty- five years, elephants sixty years and men seventy years.
In these names, Musca is the name of the genus, to which all houseflies belong, and domestica,
nebulo and vicina are the names of different kinds or species of houseflies.