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GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA INSECTS. 



SCATOPHAGID/E. 



These flies are very abundant on fresh cow manure upon which the larvae 

 feed. 



Musca ctercoraria— Scatophaga. stercoria (Linn.) 



Scatophaga furcata Say. Scatomyza apicata Thorn, 



thinobia Thorn. 



MUSCINA. S 



ANTHOMYiD/E. 



The food habits of the larvae of this family are quite variable, including 

 the feeding on living plants as leaf miners or root borers. 

 Anthorrvyia micropteryx Thorn. Hylemyia acanthoe Walk. 



ochripes Thorn. variata Fall. 



orthogaster Thorn. Limnophora cyrtoneura Stein. 



Ccenosia argentata Coq. Musca verna Ccenosia. 



canescens Stein. Ophyra leucostoma Wied. 



majuscula Coq. Phaonia varipes Coq. 



verna (Fabr.) Schoenomyza chrysostoma Loew. 



Fannia aethops Mai. Tetramerinx femorata iVIal. 



benjamini IVlal. 



MUSCID/E. 



Figure 148 Life history of the house fly. 



The house fly, Musca domestica, the stable fly, Stomoxus, the blue bottle 

 flies, Calliphora, the screw-worm fly, Chrysomyia marcelaria and the horn fly, 

 Hasmatobia, are all very common and important insects. The relation of 



