Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Lesser Housefly

Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus)


Order: Diptera
Family: Fannidae

Size range

  • Small flies 6mm

Distribution

  • Introduced, common near chicken farms

Life History

  • Does not bite but causes a nuisance by settling on skin.
  • Larvae grow in decaying vegetable and animal matter

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