Return to. var saImage = new Image(); saImage. onload = function() &ob;if(this. height. Flies, gnats, maggots, midges, mosquitoes, keds, bots, etc. are all common names for members of the order Diptera. Some 120,000 different kinds of flies (Order Diptera, Class Insecta, Phylum Arthropoda) are now known and estimates are that there may be more than 1,000,000 species living today. www. sel. barc. usda. gov/Diptera/flies. htm www. sel. barc. usda. gov/Diptera/flies. htm. The housefly (also house fly, house-fly or common housefly), Musca domestica, is the most common of all flies fluttering in homes, and indeed one of the most widely distributed insects; it is a pest that carries and transmits serious diseases. Physical description The adults are 6-9 mm. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Housefly en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Housefly. Index for flies; click on any fly for image, biology, habits, control methods. The Fly Index is your starting point for identifying flies that are pests of homes, schools, hospitals and commercial buildings. www. pestproducts. com/flyindex. htm www. pestproducts. com/flyindex. htm. var wikiImage = new Image(); wikiImage. onload = function() &ob;if(this. height True flies are insects of the Order Diptera (Greek: di = two, and pteron = wing), possessing a single pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metath. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Fly. Specializing in fly control, Do It Yourself Pest Control provides the products and expertise you need for residential and commercial control of flies. Whenever possible, food and materials on which the flies can lay their eggs must be removed, destroyed, as a breeding medium, or isolated from the egg-laying adult. www. doyourownpestcontrol. com/flies. htm www. doyourownpestcontrol. com/flies. htm. Everyone is familiar with house flies. Common household pests, they visit dumps, sewers and garbage heaps, feeding on fecal matter, discharges from wounds and sores, sputum, and all sorts of moist, House flies are gray, approximately 6 mm (1/4 inch) long, with four dark longitudinal stripes on top of the thorax, www. uri. edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/houseflies. html www. uri. edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/houseflies. html. Order Diptera - Flies of North America Insect order Diptera (true flies, two-winged flies) Live adult flies, photographed in the wild. True flies are insects of the Order Diptera (Greek: di = two, and pteron = wing), possessing a single pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, www. cirrusimage. com/flies. htm www. cirrusimage. com/flies. htm.