This is an animated drawing of a common house fly. This is the most common and despised of all the flies. Public health campaigns have not destroyed it. Associated with garbage and filth, flies can reproduce 1 to 3 generations a month when tempertures are favorable. Screening, spraying, swatting, and sanitation are recommended.
Flies and mosquitoes belong to the order "Diptera." Flies of many kinds have affected man and his welfare for thousands of years. The family of Muscidae includes the house fly and its relatives. All flies have a complete metamorphosis with egg, larval, pupal and adult stages. Musca domestica Linnaeus, the common house fly, is a pest all over the world.