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How does a housefly reproduce?
Housefly reproduces when the male egg is attached to the female egg.
How long is the lifespan of the average housefly?
The average lifespan of a housefly is about 2.5 weeks.
What is the mass and volume of a housefly?
The mass and volume of a housefly can range quite a bit. The mass of a housefly can be around 12 milligrams and the volume is usually between 5-7 millimeters.
How many stages are there in a life cycle of housefly?
There are four stages in a houseflies life.They are:egglarvae/maggotpupaadult housefly
What is the average lifespan of a housefly?
Two weeks The average lifespan of an adult housefly is approximately 15 to 25 days.
How does the housefly spreads disease?
House fly picks up germs via legs and transmits to food.
What animal carries the most fatal disease?
The common housefly
An insect or other animal that transmits a disease causing organism from one host to another is a what?
A vector is an animal that transmits a disease to another organism.
What is an insect that transmits disease called?
A vector-borne disease.
Is housefly a vector?
Yes, they can spread bacteria and disease to humans and other animals.
Does a housefly have a disease on one wing and a cure for it on the next?
Many house flies carry diseases that are caused by bacteria or viruses. However, no housefly has the cure for these diseases.
How does feeding habits of housefly contribute to its ability to spreading disease?
In many countries people go in open spaces for defecation. This is a common practice in villages of India. Housefly sits on the fecal matter. Thousands of microorganisms get entangled on the legs of the housefly. Housefly has got fine hairlike projections on it's legs. This facilitate the trapping of microorganisms on the legs of housefly. This housefly may go and sit on the food that you are eating. The disease causing microorganisms are thus transmitted this way. Ova of the worms and cysts of the pathogenic species of Amoeba are also transmitted in the same way. Thus housefly is important agent to transmit the infections that are transmitted by fecal-oral route.
What are four major vector and describe them?
If you mean vectors of disease- mechanical ie housefly lands on dung, picks up microbe then lands on food, transmits infection to food, eaten causes illness Biological- ticks, flies, lice, mosquitoes. Insect has pathogen in body and delivers it via bite to victim- malaria, Lyme disease tec. Hope this is what you are after
What insect bite itches and transmits malaria?
Mosquitoes bites itch and carry disease.
What insect carries and transmits the disease malaria?
The name of that insect is mosquito. The variety is anopheles mosquito.
The organism that transmits malarial fever?
Malaria, the disease, is transmitted by the mosquito. Malaria can cause fever
What is the name of housefly?
The larval housefly is referred to as a maggot.
