Blow Fly
Category: Flies
Scientific Name: Calliphoridae
Identification:
Color: Metallic blue or green
Size: 9-22 mm long
Region: Found throughout the world
Lifespan: 17-35 days
Important Considerations:
- Flies feed in filth. Because of this, they carry many diseases and can contaminate food as well as spread dysentery, eye infections, and other illnesses.
- If you have a large number of blow flies living inside your home, it is a sign that you have a larger problem such as decaying animal carcasses in your walls.
- Blow flies will breed on dead meat as well as in garbage piles. compost bins, dumpsters, and inside decaying vegetation.
Where to Find Them on Your Property?
Blow flies live where they feed. This means they are usually found near dead or decaying meat. In your home, they are often found in kitchens near garbage cans.