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(c). — Large black fles with bluish abdomen and with black spines on 

 thorax; eggs laid on meat. 



Blow or Meat Fly. (Calliphora vomitoria) 

 Control. — Use screens on doors and windows. 



(d). — Little red ants that have their nests in the wall or beneath the 

 flooring. 



House Ants. (Monomorium pharaonis) 



Control. — Locate nests and destroy them with carbon bisulphide 

 or boiling water; set out sponges half filled with sugared water in their 

 paths. 



(e). — Black ants and Pavement ants living out doors sometimes 

 invade houses. 



Black Ant. (Monomorium minutum) 



See Sixth Report for a Table of insects feeding on stored vegetable 

 products, such as meal worms and flour moths. 



