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Flies


The presence of flies around you is certainly one of the things that interferes with your daily activities. Flies are synonymous with dirty and damp places, because their habitat is usually found in rubbish bins, drains and in sinks where there are leftovers. The characteristics of flies are that they are active during the day and when active they usually follow light from the sun (phototaxis movements). Flies experience a complete life cycle, namely from egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Fly eggs can hatch in less than 24 hours and the fly life cycle can last between 1 and 4 weeks depending on the type.

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  • The habit of flies resting or breeding in dirty places makes flies vectors of disease, for example, typhus, dysentery or fever.
  • Damage to agricultural products, for example fruit and vegetables which rot more quickly.
  • Reduces the selling value of a product contaminated with fly pests and causes loss of trust from consumers.
  • Flies can contaminate food with their legs or proboscis contaminated from decomposing organic matter or harmful substances such as animal feces or waste.
  • Flies can spread infections by depositing eggs or moving pathogens from one place to another through contact with food surfaces, household equipment, or open wounds.

Types of Fly Pests



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House flies
( Musca domestica )


You usually find house flies around open food. The smell of food can attract house flies. The presence of house flies is certainly very disturbing when found in the area of your business, because it can make customers uncomfortable. House flies are quite large compared to fruit flies and phorid flies. The characteristic of its body is that it has a blackish gray color.

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Fruit Flies
(Drosophila melanogaster)


Fruit flies are a type of pest that has quite a negative impact, especially on agricultural products. Attractants derived from fruit and vegetables are very popular with fruit flies. The harm caused by fruit flies, for example, fruit and vegetables rot quickly, which can reduce crop yields and selling value. Morphologically, fruit flies are similar to phorid flies, However, it is smaller in size, has red compound eyes and a brownish body color.

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Phorid flies
(Megaselia halterata)


Phorid flies are flies that really like leftover organic material that accumulates in drains or in sinks. Phorid flies can lay their eggs in cracks in walls and ceramics. The presence of phorid flies is quite disturbing, because in general it is often found in areas inside the home or in the F&B business sector. Different from fruit flies, flies Phorid has black compound eyes and a completely black body color.



FLY BIOLOGICAL DATA


CHARACTERISTICS HOUSE FLIES
M. domestica
GREEN FLY
Chrysomya spp.
FRUIT FLIES
Drosophila spp.
Number of Eggs 100 100 - 200 4 day
Length of Larva Development 1 day 3 - 10 day 4 day
Duration of Pupa Development 1 weeks 5 - 10 day 4 day
Length of adult life 2 - 4 weeks 2 - 5 weeks 8 - 14 weeks



HOW TO CONTROL


The control carried out by AAG Pest Control to reduce the population of fly pests is by carrying out detailed inspection regarding the source of the emergence of fly pests and then carrying out trapping methods, spraying and misting. For further information regarding fly pest control, you can contact AAG Pest Control.


TRAPPING

Insect Detector is a tool used for monitoring and trapping Crawling Insects. This Insect Detector is safe to use, clean and environmentally friendly and does not use poison bait


MISTING

Misting or fogging is a treatment to control flying insects that is used for outdoor areas. This treatment method is more environmentally friendly and has a longer residual power. The solvent used for the misting treatment is water.


SPRAYING

Spraying is a treatment for controlling insects using liquid chemicals with water as the solvent. There are several spraying effects such as knockdown or residual. Spraying is carried out only for external areas.