and Answers
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
House flies
,Sarcophagidae
Flesh flies
Calliphoridae
Bottle flies
Simuliidae
Black flies
Psychodidae
Filter or moth flies
Tabanidae
Horse or deer flies
Drosophilidae
Vinegar or fruit flies
,Musca domestica
Common house fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
Stable fly
Musca autumnalis
Face fly
Fannia canicularis
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
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
Coleoptera
Order of beetles
Pillbug order
Crustacea