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House fly

Musca domestica


Egg Availability: damp masses on filter paper Larva Availability: Mixed-sex (roughly sized) Adult Availability: Mixed-sex Shipping Containers: Larvae ship in diet cups, adults in cup-cages


Additional Information:

Eggs should be added to appropriate food medium immediately upon receipt. Pupae can be stored at 10ºC for a week or more. A water and sugar source should be continuously available to adults as they emerge or high mortality may result. This strain originated from a colony at North Carolina State University and has been maintained at Benzon Research since 2002.


Species information from Benzon Research




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