📸 PhotoPhoto: USDAgov · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
House fly
Musca domestica (House fly · イエバエ)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A body length of 8 mm is less than half the diameter of a Korean 10-won coin (18 mm) (Comparison).
- 💡 Larvae grow in garbage cans, dung heaps, and rotten fruits and vegetables, while adults feed on milk, sugar, and decaying food (Animal Diversity Web).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The house fly is the most common fly around humans, breeding in garbage and manure and thriving in warm seasons.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its thorax is gray with 4 dark longitudinal stripes, it has only one pair of wings while the hindwings are reduced to halteres, and females are slightly larger than males.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It laps up milk, sugar, blood, feces, and rotting fruits and vegetables in liquid or dissolved form. It is active during the day and most active between 2 and 4 p.m.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is listed as 'Jip-pa-ri' (Korean name) on the National List of Species of Korea.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • catalogueoflife.org — 88QC4
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000022424 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000022424
- • wikidata.org — Q166111
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Common house fly, Musca domestica.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Musca domestica
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Kamil S. Jaron · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.