. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 741 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda 529 The common House-fly, owing to its abundance and familiarity, is one of the most dangerous species. Although it breeds chiefly in horse manure, it will also breed freely in human excrement, where exposed.* The Flesh-flies and Blow-flies feed as larvae on can*ion or flesh of any kind, bones, etc., but the adult flies
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 741 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda 529 The common House-fly, owing to its abundance and familiarity, is one of the most dangerous species. Although it breeds chiefly in horse manure, it will also breed freely in human excrement, where exposed.* The Flesh-flies and Blow-flies feed as larvae on can*ion or flesh of any kind, bones, etc., but the adult flies alight on, and doubt- less feed upon, human excreta, as well as upon cooked foods, fruit, etc. The Stable-flv breeds both in horse manure and human Figure 85.—Flesh-Ry {Sarcophaga carnaria) ; enlarged. Figure 86, a, b.—House- fly ; young Iarv£e much enlarged ; after Packard. Figure 87.—Blue-bottle (Lucilia ccesar) ; x 1%. Figure 88.—Blow-fly {Calliphora vomitoria); x 1%; phot. A. H. V. Figure 89.—Stable-fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) ; a, fly ; x 3 ; b, its head, o, eye, p, proboscis ; c, larva, nat. size ; c', its head ; /, pupa; enlarged ; after Howard. The adult fly, which closely resembles the Honse-fl}^, bites severely both men and horses, and is often seen in our houses and on food. Many other common flies have similar habits. Flies of all kinds should, therefore, be carefully excluded from the rooms of patients suffering from any contagious disease, and all infected material should be so disposed of that flies cannot have access to it. The disease srerms or bacteria adherino- to their feet *According to Howard 1300 flies may develop in one pound of manure in 10 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926. New Haven, Conn. , The au
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