Common House Fly
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Ellura
Common House Fly
Plumose Arista
 
                      
Common House Fly (Musca domestica)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Flies (Diptera)
Family: Bush Fly (Muscidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Common House Fly (Musca domestica)
This Photo:     Wing Venation

Thank you Tony Daley & Sarah-Jayne Hucks for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges, the Riverland and elsewhere
~6mm long.
Very annoying little flies that keep pestering; trying to fly into your eyes, ears, mouth, etc.

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This species is classed as If (Foreign Introduction)