Family Overview
Muscidae

House Flies
The head is not evident, but is reduced to some sclerotized rods inside the thorax; there are no segmented legs; the posterior end of the abdomen is blunt and smooth, without lobes, spines, or ridges.
Characteristics
POLLUTION TOLERANCE
Southeast: up to 7
0 = least tolerant, 10 = most tolerant
FEEDING HABITS
Piercer / Predator
MOVEMENT
Sprawler
Diagnostic Characters