FREE ESSAY ON HOUSE FLY

HOUSE FLY

The House Fly
The housefly is a very widely known insect. To most people it is just a pest. To many
insects, it is a source of food. In many ways the housefly is a pest, but in many others
ways it is beneficial.
The fly has a head, thorax, and abdomen. It is furry with big compound eyes. Its 2 wings
are so thin you can see the veins in them. It has a sucking mouth part. It is black with
gray stripes, and on the side are air holes called spiracles. These are used for
breathing.
The fly is located everywhere except for extreme temperature places. It will eat any food
or garbage. It even eats poo. They carry diseases such as malaria. It lays them when it
lands on something.
There are 4 stages of life. First the adult female will lay up to 250 eggs at once in the
water or on the ground. Then the larva, called maggots, hatches from the egg. They just
eat so they can grow. Then come the pupa. It goes inside a cocoon for 3-6 days. It
gradually looses it's outer skin. Then when it is done it becomes an adult fly. It will
live for about 3-4 weeks during the summer. Now it will find a mate and reproduce
sexually. Then the cycle will begin again.
I think that the fly is very important for the other insects that eat it and survive off
of it. But I also think, like most people, that the fly is one of the most annoying
insects ever.