Common Bush Fly - Musca sp., (Musca vetustissima ?)
Family Muscidae
This page contains pictures and information about Common Bush Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 8mm and 10mm
- Pictures were taken near Moolabin Creek in mid summer.
- Bush Flies develop as maggots in the animals dung. Adults have two stripes
on their back.
- Reference:
- 1. Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland - Queensland Museum Publications 2000, p107.
- 2. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p781.
