#3933 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Common House Fly

🇳🇱 Huisvlieg ·Musca domestica

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Richard Fuller · CC0
2. © Sue Jaggar · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Helio Lourencini · CC BY 4.0
4. © Mohammad Marafi · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Wageningen:© raymondkerckhoffs · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 6681 Bemmel, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Gelderland, NL:© invasive_nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 9717 CL Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bovenweg, Sint Pancras, Noord-Holland, NL:© Willem Noordzij · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 9717 BB Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The housefly ( Musca domestica ) is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It is believed to have evolved in the Cenozoic era, possibly in the Middle East, and has spread all over the world as a commensal of humans. It is the most common fly species found in houses. Adults are grey to black with four dark longitudinal lines on the thorax, slightly hairy bodies and a single pair of membranous wings. They have red eyes, set...

base stats

NL sightings 22iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 41,634iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).