OF INSECTS. 
2G!) 
COMMON FLY. 
The Fly is a very short-lived creature, and 
although the most numerous and domesti- 
cated of the insect tribe, is, as it respects its 
general habits, but little known. As warm 
weather approaches, they begin to make 
their appearance, and are exceedingly trou- 
blesome during the summer : at the end of 
September, or the beginning of October, they 
become what is called blind, and soon dis- 
appear. They feed upon all sorts of sweet- 
meats, &c. The female lays a large quantity 
of eggs, and the larva is eagerly devoured 
by fresh water fish. 
