Showing 13 types of FILTH FLIES
Latin Name: Phormia regina
The true origin is unknown, as these flies are found throughout the world.
Latin Name: Sepsidae
Three or more dozen species of these native flies are found in North America.
Native to North America, and a member of a large family of flies that otherwise are not of any pest significance.
Latin Name: Calliphora vicina
The true origin is unknown, as these flies are found throughout the world.
Latin Name: Ophyra leucostoma
Possibly a native in North America but now found nearly worldwide. In North America they are found in Canada and throughout the U.S., south into Central America.
A native of Europe and Asia, this fly is now found throughout North America as well.
Many species native to North America.
Several species that are native to North America, and widely spread throughout the continent and into Latin America.
This species is found abundantly throughout the world, and in many countries, where sanitation is not adequate and human wastes are commonly deposited outdoors, the House Fly is responsible for the spread of numerous serious diseases. Included in this list are dysentery, typhoid, cholera, poliomyelitis, yaws, anthrax, tularemia, intestinal parasites and eye parasites. It is incriminated in the spread of food infections from bacteria such as Shigella and Salmonella.
Latin Name: Fannia scalaris
Likely European in origin this species now occurs throughout the world.
A number of native species of these flies are found in North America.
Probably native to North America, but found in many other countries as well.