Life Cycle of a Fly

Article ID : 8
Created on 2007-06-20 at 11:34 AM
Author : Rahul Bhanot [rahulbhanot@yahoo.com]

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• present in clumps of up to 300
• laying to hatching takes 1 day

• initially feeds on fluid exuded from the body
• migrates into body
• hatching to first moult takes 1 day

Larva - 2nd instar

• moves around in maggot mass
• first moult to second moult takes 1 day

Larva - 3rd instar

• still moves in mass
• greatly increases in size
• second moult to pre-pupa takes 2 days

• migrates away from the corpse seeking a suitable pupation site, (usually in soil)
• does not feed
• transforms into pupa
• pre-pupa to pupa takes 4 days

Pupa

• resides within puparium
• undergoes transformation from larval body form adult fly
• does not feed
• pupa to emergence takes 10 days

• mates on emergence from pupa
• feeds on protein from body fluids
• lays eggs on corpse
• emergence to egg laying takes 2 days

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