Thursday, February 2, 2012

House Flies

By Owen Jones


The house fly is a common flying insect which is found all over the world but is mostly in warmer climates because it is ideal there for their growth. It is an insect with 2 weeks of breeding cycle and lays as many as approximately 500 eggs at a time.

The maximum life span of the common house fly is four weeks. Due to such breeding behavior, its population increases many fold within a short space of time, if supplied with appropriate conditions.

Sitting on piles of dung and spoiled food like eggs, fruits, flesh etc, house flies serve as one of the most widespread means of transferring germs to human beings and other animals.

These insects equally like to sit on fresh and rotting food, hence becoming a source of significant diseases. A single leg of this insect carries millions of dangerous germs which are the causes of serious diseases to human beings, threatening their health. They transfer numerous parasitic, viral, and bacterial illnesses.

When in large numbers, these small pests may become a significant headache for residents of that region. To be rid of house flies is more problematic and more challenging because of the domestic disposition of these insects.

It does not matter that these are also flying insects just like mosquitoes, we can?t use the same ways to kill them because flies are bigger in size and are found around food. It could become very hazardous to use pesticides on the flying pests to kill them.

If we do so, it may poison our food and the area too, resulting in significant health hazards. They may be killed by hitting them with a fly swatter but this course of action is also risky and awkward because it is impossible to kill a large quantity of flies like that.

It can also be very unpleasant to see them dead in front of you, especially while you are eating. Instead of targeting the mature flying bugs, we ought to target the breeding places of these flies.

In order to do that, it is very important to know where the house fly lays eggs. Mostly it lays eggs around dead and decaying organic material. Its eggs are whitish in colour and the larvae or maggots are yellowish.

Inspect your surroundings to determine which places could become appropriate mating and breeding spots for house flies such as places where there is garbage or faeces. Cleanliness is the first step to take in action against these insects.

It is practical to use some insecticides to kill the larvae and pupae of these bugs together with the adults. It will reduce the likelihood of growth in numbers of these flies. Rather than simply throwing your waste out, always process it before throwing it away.

Always keep it covered and never let it be a place for such insects to feed and grow on. You ought to always dispose off your garbage with proper care. The chances of suffering from health problems by such insects can be hugely reduced if we make a little effort to keep our surroundings clean and hygienic.

There are also items that you could use to kill adult house flies like sticky tape hanging from the ceiling or shelves, although they may be unsightly and the electric fly traps that lure flies with a blue light and kills by electrocution.




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