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Face fly
Musca autumnalis
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Common House FlyMusca domestica
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans
Graphomya maculata
Musca vetustissima
False Stable FlyMuscina stabulans
Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata
Nowickia ferox
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 14,011 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 13,361 |
| United Kingdom | 624 |
| England | 608 |
| Canada | 566 |
| Quebec | 214 |
| Ontario | 207 |
| Germany | 173 |
| New York | 118 |
| Netherlands | 103 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Flies · Diptera |
| Family | House Flies and Allies · Muscidae |
| Genus | Musca |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Face fly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.