Name
Muscidae
fly
Framing
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Hexapoda
Subclass: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Habitat
Human dwellings, on garbage and food scraps
Feeding
Fluidophagous adults. Variable in larvae
Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Conservation status
No threats
Additional information
Body shape variable according to species. With only one pair of wings. Hind wings reduced in outriggers.
Additional information
Bibliography
Iberfauna. 2008. Genus Musca. Linnaeus, 1758. En: IBERFAUNA. El Banco de Datos de la Fauna Ibérica. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC).