What do house flies look like? House flies—musca domestica—are an insect in the family Muscidae and order Diptera. They have gray or black bodies, large red eyes, and two nearly translucent wings.

The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae — Entomophthora translates to “ destroyer of ...

When you think of a fly, you probably imagine the ordinary house fly known as Musca Domestica Linnaeus. They’re commonly found in pig or poultry farms, ranches, and horse stables. In the U.S., they ...

DNA sequencing techniques were used to study the collection of microbes found in and on the bodies of the house fly (Musca domestica) and the blowfly (Chrysomya megacephala). The house fly ...