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About 1/4'' in length; dull gray in
color; thorax marked longitudinally
with 4 dark stripes; abdomen pale
and fourth wing vein is angled.
Warm organic material such as
animal & poultry manure, garbage, decaying vegetables and fruits and
in piles of moist leaves and lawn clippings.
6-10 Days


NON-CHEMICAL
Sanitation and destruction
of breeding sites; tight fitting
garbage containers and
screens on windows and
doors.


CHEMICAL
Larvicides, residual and
space sprays; baits and
trapping.

 
Looks much like the housefly, but its needle-like mouthpart reveals its predilection for blood meals. Green vegetation, seaweed and bay grass deposits and animal manure. 8-21 Days

NON-CHEMICAL
Elimination of breeding
sources.

CHEMICAL
Residual and space
sprays and trapping.

 
3/8'' to 9/16'' in length, dull grayish-
black in color with three dark stripes
on the thorax.
Decayed flesh and spoiling meat, manure, wounds in living animals and sometimes garbage. 8-21 Days

NON-CHEMICAL
Sanitation and destruction
of breeding sites.

CHEMICAL
Residual and space
sprays and trapping.

 
About 1/2'' in length with shiny
metallic blue-green abdomen
and thorax.
Dead animal carcasses; decomposing meat and fish;
garbage and sometimes animal excrement
9-21 Days


NON-CHEMICAL
Sanitation and destruction
of breeding sites; tight fitting
garbage containers and
screens on windows &
doors.


CHEMICAL
Larvicides, residual and
space sprays; baits and
trapping.

 
About 1/2'' in length with a dull
thorax and shiny blue abdomen.
Dead animal carcasses; decomposing meat and fish;
over-ripe fruit, decaying
vegetable matter and sores on
living humans.

15-20 Days


NON-CHEMICAL
Sanitation and destruction
of breeding sites; tight fitting
garbage containers and
screens on windows and
doors.


CHEMICAL
Larvicides, residual and
space sprays; baits and
trapping.

 
About 1/2'' in length with a bronze abdomen and thorax. Dead animal carcasses; decomposing meat and fish; garbage, and sometimes animal excrement.

9-10 Days

NON-CHEMICAL
Sanitation and destruction
of breeding sites; tight fitting garbage containers.

CHEMICAL
Larvicides, residual and
space sprays; baits and
trapping.