Different Pests
Flies
House Flies
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Adults are 8–12 mm long with a grey thorax, and their whole body is covered with hair-like projections.
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They have a lifespan of 2 weeks to a month.
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The female can lay up to 500 eggs.
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Houseflies feed on feces, open sores, sputum, spoiled food, eggs, fruit, and flesh.
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They are capable of carrying over 100 pathogens, such as typhoid, cholera, salmonella, bacillary dysentery, tuberculosis, anthrax, and parasitic worms.
Fruit Flies
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Fruit flies are yellow-brown in color.
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They have a lifespan of 10 to 18 days.
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The female can lay up to 2000 eggs in its short life time.
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Fruit flies are attracted to just about every source of food, but mostly sugary fruit.
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They can carry and spread the same diseases as the house fly.
Gnats
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Gnats are usually small, black or gray, with short legs, and antennae.
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They can live from 2 to 4 months.
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The female can lay from 200 to 300 eggs in a lifetime.
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There are different types of gnats which will determine whether they bite or not and if they feed off of plants, other insects or blood.