The House Fly and How to Suppress It

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARMERS' BULLETIN No. 1408
The HOUSE FLY AND HOW TO SUPPRESS IT

The presence of flies is an indication of uncleanliness, insanitary conditions, and improper disposal of substances in which they breed. They are not only annoying; they are actually dangerous to health, because they may carry disease germs to exposed foods.
It is therefore important to know where and how they breed, and to apply such knowledge in combating them. This bulletin gives information on this subject. Besides giving directions for ridding the house of flies by the use of screens, fly papers, poisons, and flytraps, it lays especial emphasis on the explanation of methods of eliminating breeding places and preventing the breeding of flies.
This bulletin supersedes Farmers' Bulletin 851.
Washington, D. C. Issued April, 1925; revised November, 1926

By L. O. Howard, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology , and F. C. Bishopp, Entomologist .
Several species of flies are found commonly in houses. Some of them so closely resemble the true house fly that it requires very careful observation to distinguish them from it.