Common House Fly: Plumose Arista

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Bush Fly (Muscidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Common House Fly (Musca domestica)

This Photo:

Plumose Arista

Thank you Tony Daley & Sarah-Jayne Hucks for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges, the Riverland and elsewhere
~6mm long.
Very annoying little flies that keep pestering; trying to fly into your eyes, ears, mouth, etc.

This species is classed as

If (Foreign Introduction)

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