Flies of the species Musca domestica (family MUSCIDAE), which infest human habitations throughout the world and often act as carriers of pathogenic organisms.
    

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House fly (Musca domestica)

A fly on sugar crystals

The earthworm and the common housefly : in eight letters / by James Samuelson ; assisted by J. Braxton Hicks.

The housefly : its natural history, medical importance, and control / Luther S. West.

Flies & Opening ceremony, metropolitan police laboratory.

Pearls & parasites / by Arthur E. Shipley.

Further preliminary reports on flies as carriers of infection.

The housefly and its control / [J.R. Busvine].

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The housefly : its natural history, medical importance, and control / Luther S. West.

Flies & Opening ceremony, metropolitan police laboratory.

Pearls & parasites / by Arthur E. Shipley.

Further preliminary reports on flies as carriers of infection.

The housefly and its control / [J.R. Busvine].