Housefly
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| phylum | Arthropoda | The housefly (also house fly, house-fly or common housefly) is the most common of all domestic flies, accounting for about 91% of all flies in human habitations, and indeed one of the most widely distributed insects, found all over the world. adults are about 5–8 mm long. Their thorax is gray or sometimes even black, with four longitudinal dark lines on the back. The whole body is covered with hair-like projections.
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| Class | Insecta | |
| order | Diptera | |
| Family | Muscidae | |
| Genus | Musca | |
| Species | M. domestica |
