Time to Fly: Introduction: Different species of flies

Hey peeps! I'm back again! I would like to share with you some information about different common species of flies today! Are you ready? There you go!

Types/Species	General information	Specific characteristics
Housefly (Musca domestica)	Houseflies are major carriers of disease and are attracted to all types of food, including food waste and even faeces.	The adult’s length is approximately 5–8mm. Grey thorax with 4 narrow stripes and yellow abdomen. The complex compound eyes consist of thousands lenses which provide them a wide field of vision. Covered with tiny hairs that function as taste organs. Forth wing vein bent and wing tips slightly pointed. Larva is white and tapers to a point at the head end. There are 2 spiracle “spots” at the hind end, is legless and 12 mm in length when mature.
Bluebottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria)	Bluebottle flies (aka Blow fly) are commonly hovering around dustbins. They are attracted to dead animals and pet faeces à carrier of diseases	· The adult’s length is approximately 0.635 - 1.27cm. · The body is metallic blue in colour. · Larva is similar to the house fly larva in all respects except size à 1.905 cm when mature. They take 7 – 12 days to mature.
Fruit fly (Drosphila species)	Fruit flies are always infesting fruit or hovering around fermenting residues found in pubs, fruit orchards & vegetables plots and breweries	The adult’s length is approximately 3mm. The body is yellowish brown or mottled in colour and they have red eyes. Abdomen hangs down in flight, which is slow.
Horse fly (Family tabanidae)	Horseflies are particular pest to livestock. Relentless biting attacks by females can cause in weight loss in animals. On the other hand, male horse flies are mainly feed on pollen and nectar and are most active during day time. Horse flies bites can lead to severe pain.	The adult’s length can be up to 25 mm. The body colour is black to dark brown and they have green or black eyes. The females have eyes which are widely separated while males have contiguous eyes.
Drain fly (Psychodidae)	Drain flies have variety of names: drain fly, sewage fly and moth fly. They are often associated with sewage beds, where larvae feed on sludge–like organic matter	Drain flies are small in size which is around 2mm. Tan coloured body appears as grey. Wings densely covered in hair and held tent–like over the body when at rest.
Sand fly (Spiriverpa Luminata)	Sand flies live on sandy riverbanks with an open habitat free of shading trees. Female sand flies prefer to lay eggs in water or damp soil.	The adult’s length is around 10–11mm. They are pale grey in colour and the eyes are bronze–brown. The legs are dark reddish–brown in colour.
Flesh fly (Family - Sarcophagidae)	Flesh flies are attracted to decaying wastes, excrement and human foods à potential threat to human health.	The adult’s length is approximately 6-14mm. Thorax is light grey with three dark longitudinal stripes. The abdomen is light grey, spotted with dark patches.

There are too many flies on Earth to be listed one by one. So I just choose few types which are more common and familiar to us. The pictures below are the different species of flies I have mentioned in the table above. Although they are "flies", they are totally difference in appearance right!?