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Fly Biology Flashcards

1
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Flies belong to what order

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Diptera

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2
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Pair of small knob like structures on the metathorax

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Halteres

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3
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Flies develop via what type of metamorphosis

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Complete

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4
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Flies can be categorized into these three main categories

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Muscoids (related filth flies) Small indoor flies (phorid, fruit, fungus, moth) Mosquitoes

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5
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Common pests of kitchens and restaurants. 1/4 inch long, gray, 4 black stripes on thorax .

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House fly

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6
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House flies have what type of mouth part

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Sponging

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7
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Much smaller than house flies with thorax stripes less distinct

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Lesser house flies

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8
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Also known as bottle flies

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Blow flies

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9
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Perhaps the most important insects for forensic entomologists

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Blow flies

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10
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Range in size form 1/8-5/8 metallic blue, green, or bronzy sheen

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Blow flies

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11
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1/4-7/16 long dull gray breed by laying eggs on animal carcasses

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Flesh flies

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12
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Small tab to brownish yellow or black with eyes bright red or dark.

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Fruit flies

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13
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Lay eggs on overripe or decaying fruit and veggies or in fermenting liquid food sources

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Fruit flies

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14
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Breed and feed on fruits and fermenting syrups. In kitchens usually associated with rotten fruits and organic matter

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Red eyed fruit flies

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15
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Associated with floor drains, trash cans, urinals, and fecal material

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Dark eyed fruit flies

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16
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Fly with broad oval shaped wings with pointed tips over very hairy bodies

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Moth flies

17
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Prefer to live in drains, sewers, sump pumps, and under cracked tiles.

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Drain flies

18
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Also known a humpback and coffin flies. Found in sewers, drains

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Phorid flies

19
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Tiny indoors lay eggs in over watered soil of potted plants or atriums where larvae feed on plant roots

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Fungus gnats

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