{"id":2071,"date":"2017-06-03T14:19:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T14:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verminex.lk\/?page_id=2071"},"modified":"2017-06-03T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T14:19:34","slug":"flies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/verminex.lk\/pest-control\/flies\/","title":{"rendered":"Flies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496498736463{margin-bottom: 45px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading stripe_pos=&#8221;hide&#8221; text=&#8221;Flies&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|color:%23e31d22|line_height:1.25&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All flies belong to the insect order Diptera, which means two wings.<\/li>\n<li>All flies undergo complete metamorphosis with egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages in their development<\/li>\n<li>Flies perform a vital function as decomposers of dead organisms, manure and decaying vegetation<\/li>\n<li>Flies may act as carriers of disease organisms present in their breeding and egg-laying sites<\/li>\n<li>These disease organisms can cause food poisoning, diarrhea, dysentery or typhoid fever<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2072&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading stripe_pos=&#8221;hide&#8221; text=&#8221;Types of Flies&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:left|line_height:1.25&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496489691737{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading stripe_pos=&#8221;hide&#8221; text=&#8221;Blow Fly &#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23e31d22|line_height:1.25&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2074&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496498909675{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adult flies are metallic blue, green, copper or black colored flies that otherwise resemble house flies in appearance<\/li>\n<li>Common species include the greenbottle flies (Lucilia spp.), black blow fly (Phormia regina), and various Calliphora species<\/li>\n<li>Lay their eggs on the carcasses of dead animals, decaying meat or garbage that contains meat scraps<\/li>\n<li>Large numbers of blow flies occur when a dead animal &#8211; usually a mouse or squirrel &#8211; dies within the home<\/li>\n<li>Although such occurrences are unpleasant, they are usually short-lived and self-limiting, as the insects are only capable of breeding on freshly killed animals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading stripe_pos=&#8221;hide&#8221; text=&#8221;House Fly &#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23e31d22|line_height:1.25&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2075&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496498951883{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The house fly is the most common fly pest around homes<\/li>\n<li>House flies generally are gray, with the thorax marked with four dark stripes<\/li>\n<li>Female flies lay numbers of eggs in suitable larval food sources such as decomposing food in garbage, animal excrement or other decomposing organic materials<\/li>\n<li>The adult flies feed on a wide range of liquid waste but can eat solid foods, such as sugar<\/li>\n<li>To digest solid foods, house flies liquefy food by regurgitating it and thereby are ideally suited to mechanically transmit disease organisms such as diarrhea and dysentery, to people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading stripe_pos=&#8221;hide&#8221; text=&#8221;Stable Fly &#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23e31d22|line_height:1.25&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2076&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496498989252{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stable flies are also called biting house flies<\/li>\n<li>The stable fly is a about \u00bc-inch long and gray with four dark stripes on its thorax<\/li>\n<li>This fly looks like a house fly, except for the pointed proboscis beneath its head through which it sucks blood<\/li>\n<li>They typically bite in early morning or late afternoon and often attack the ankles, inflicting a sharp, stabbing pain<\/li>\n<li>Stable flies lay eggs in piles of rotting vegetable matter, such as haystacks, grass clippings, manure and vegetation along shorelines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496480001310{margin-bottom: 45px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading stripe_pos=&#8221;hide&#8221; text=&#8221;Flesh Fly &#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23e31d22|line_height:1.25&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2077&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496499024628{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flesh flies are gray with three dark stripes on its thorax<\/li>\n<li>They are slightly larger than house flies and have a checkerboard pattern on the abdomen<\/li>\n<li>Flesh flies are attracted to sources of decay around the home, including garbage dumpsters, compost piles and dead animal carcasses<\/li>\n<li>Flesh flies are helpful in forensic entomology because they are usually the first to arrive at a carcass after an animal dies<\/li>\n<li>Flesh-flies can carry leprosy bacilli and can transmit intestinal pseudomyiasis to people who eat the flesh-fly larvae<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading stripe_pos=&#8221;hide&#8221; text=&#8221;Vinegar\/Fruit Fly &#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23e31d22|line_height:1.25&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2078&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496499070343{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vinegar flies are small, slow-flying insects usually found in association with over-ripened fruit and vegetables, and are sometimes inaccurately called fruit flies<\/li>\n<li>Vinegar fly adults vary from 3 to 4 mm in length, have reddish eyes, are light yellowish brown to dark brown in colour, and may have darker markings on the dorsum of the thorax in the form of spots, blotches, or lines<\/li>\n<li>Vinegar flies are common nuisance pests in restaurants, grocery stores, fruit markets, canneries, homes, and other locations that may attract these insects with fermenting or rotting vegetative matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading stripe_pos=&#8221;hide&#8221; 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text=&#8221;Flying Insect Trap &#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23e31d22|line_height:1.25&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;2082,2083,2084&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_no&#8221; speed=&#8221;2400&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496499260412{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]Attract and trap flies and other insects pests such as moths, beetles, mosquitoes, midges, flying aphids and thrip Fluorescent yellow coloured sticky pads combine with UV rays emitted by tubes to create irresistible lure for flying insects[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading stripe_pos=&#8221;hide&#8221; text=&#8221;Fly Paper &#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%23e31d22|line_height:1.25&#8243; 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