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Identify flies correctly: Identification and basic knowledge

The housefly as hygiene pest no. 1

To control insect pests effectively, you need to know which species are present in the barn. There are many species of flies in particular, which can be controlled in different ways!

The common housefly (musca domestica)

is the most common fly species.

Stubenfliege


Size:	4 mm - 7.5 mm (females larger than males)
Reproduction:	Copulation 1 day after hatching First egg clutch after 4 days up to 120 eggs per clutch approx. 800 eggs per female
Life expectancy:	1 - 6 weeks (several months in winter)
Generation time:	12 - 14 days at 20 - 25 degrees centigrade 10 - 15 generations May - September
Control:	Larvicides Insecticides (contact and feeding poisons) Biotechnical traps

Dew fly or vinegar fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

Essigfliege


Size/characteristics:	2 mm - 3 mm long red eyes yellow-brown colouring
Reproduction:	with appropriate heat all year round
Breeding grounds:	rotting plant remains
Control:	Larvicides Insecticides (contact and feeding poisons) Biotechnical traps

Seiner (Stomoxys calcitrans)

Wadenstecher


Size:	6 mm - 7 mm long
Reproduction:	Copulation 1 day after hatching First egg clutch after 4 days up to 120 eggs per clutch approx. 800 eggs per female (similar to Musca domestica)
Life expectancy:	1 - 6 weeks
Breeding grounds:	Dung pits and other rotting material
Control:	Larvicides Insecticides (contact poisons)

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