The house-fly, Musca domestica Linn: its structure, habits, development, relation to disease and control . r climatic conditions may be. Milliken (1011) found the eggs and larvae of M. domestica inalfalfa or lucerne ensilage in Kansas, The fermentationtaking place no doubt attracted the adult Hies. Pratt (1912) bred fifty specimens of M. domestica from cow-manme at Dallas, Texas, He states that this is oneof the most common species in stables. Fresh manure attractsit in great numbers. Paine (1912) made a study of the species of flies breedingin garbage in the city of Boston, Mass
The house-fly, Musca domestica Linn: its structure, habits, development, relation to disease and control . r climatic conditions may be. Milliken (1011) found the eggs and larvae of M. domestica inalfalfa or lucerne ensilage in Kansas, The fermentationtaking place no doubt attracted the adult Hies. Pratt (1912) bred fifty specimens of M. domestica from cow-manme at Dallas, Texas, He states that this is oneof the most common species in stables. Fresh manure attractsit in great numbers. Paine (1912) made a study of the species of flies breedingin garbage in the city of Boston, Mass., Larvae werecollected from the contents of garbage-pails as they were emptiedinto the scavengers waggon. In some cases they were so abun-dant that the interior of the receptacle appeared as a wrigglingmass. The larvae were allowed to complete their developmentunder laboratory conditions, being fed on moist bread; theypupated in a small quantity of earth. The following table givesthe results of these rearings: Namber and species of Muscids reared from city garhage,Boston, Massachusetts, 94 THE BREEDING HABITS OF MiSCA DOMESTICA It \\ ill bo seen that, out of 649 Hies of various species whichwere bred from larvae found in garbage, 136 or 224 per cent,were Musca domestica. Summary of Substances in which Musca domestica Breeds. All the foregoing observations on the breeding places andsubstances in which flies breed may be conveniently summarisedas follows: Horse-manureHuman excrementFowl excrement Excrementous Cow-manurePig-manure Rabbit-manure Vegetable Spent hopsDecaying grainCooked peasRotten water melon „ musk or other melons „ cucumber „ carrots „ cabbage „ potato and peelings Barley malt Excreta-soiled straw Bread or cake„ and milk Rotten apricots„ bananas„ cherries„ plums„ peaches Rotten meat Carrion Cattle paunch contents Boiled rice Animal matter Rotten fowl featheisOld brothBoiled egg Miscellaneous Snuff Expectoration with earthExcreta
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