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Isoptera
✓ Order of termites
Diptera
✓ Order of flies and mosquitoes
Black fly, stable fly, horse fly, deer fly
✓ Flies with biting mouthparts
Mosquitoes,fleas,ticks and bed bugs
✓ Have piercing mouthparts
House flies mouthparts
✓ Sponging
Muscidae
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✓ House flies
Saracophagidae
✓ Flesh flies
Calliphoridae
✓ Bottle flies
Simuliidae
✓ Black flies
Psychodidae
✓ Filter or moth flies
Tabanidae
✓ Horse or deer flies
Drosophilidae
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✓ Vinegar or fruit flies
Musca domestica
✓ Common house fly
Stomoxys calciteans
✓ Stable fly
Musca autumnalis
✓ Face fly
Fannie caniculans
✓ Little house fly
Face fly
✓ Common to northeastern and central us can overwinter in wall voids
looks similar to house fly but larger and darker
Little house fly
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✓ Smaller than house fly, 4th vein extends to wing edge, appears early
spring, eggs laid in larvae, flat larvae 6mm long life cycle 15 to 30 days
Latrine fly
✓ Similar to little house fly
Flesh flies
✓ Much larger than house flies, common in dog runs
Bottle and blow flies
✓ Large flies, blue black or green metallic color, common in populated
areas
Cluster fly
✓ Yellow hair on thorax, congregate in wall voids
Vinegar flies
✓ 1/8 long red eyes tan abdomen
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Georgia certified operator Questions and
Answers | Latest Update
Isoptera
✓ Order of termites
Diptera
✓ Order of flies and mosquitoes
Black fly, stable fly, horse fly, deer fly
✓ Flies with biting mouthparts
Mosquitoes,fleas,ticks and bed bugs
✓ Have piercing mouthparts
House flies mouthparts
✓ Sponging
Muscidae
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✓ House flies
Saracophagidae
✓ Flesh flies
Calliphoridae
✓ Bottle flies
Simuliidae
✓ Black flies
Psychodidae
✓ Filter or moth flies
Tabanidae
✓ Horse or deer flies
Drosophilidae
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✓ Vinegar or fruit flies
Musca domestica
✓ Common house fly
Stomoxys calciteans
✓ Stable fly
Musca autumnalis
✓ Face fly
Fannie caniculans
✓ Little house fly
Face fly
✓ Common to northeastern and central us can overwinter in wall voids
looks similar to house fly but larger and darker
Little house fly
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✓ Smaller than house fly, 4th vein extends to wing edge, appears early
spring, eggs laid in larvae, flat larvae 6mm long life cycle 15 to 30 days
Latrine fly
✓ Similar to little house fly
Flesh flies
✓ Much larger than house flies, common in dog runs
Bottle and blow flies
✓ Large flies, blue black or green metallic color, common in populated
areas
Cluster fly
✓ Yellow hair on thorax, congregate in wall voids
Vinegar flies
✓ 1/8 long red eyes tan abdomen
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