7
Fly papers and poisons 8
Fly sprays 8
Flytraps 9
Preventing the breeding of flies 9
Construction and care of stables 9
Fly-tight manure pits 10
Frequency with which manure should be removed in cities and towns 10
Health office regulations for control of house flies in cities 10
Disposal of manure in rural and suburban districts 11
Chemical treatment of manure to destroy fly maggots 12
Maggot trap for destruction of fly larvae from horse manure 13
Compact heaping of manure 15
Garbage disposal and treatment of miscellaneous breeding places 15
Sewage disposal in relation to the prevention of fly-borne diseases 15
What communities can do to eliminate the house fly 16

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KINDS OF FLIES FOUND IN HOUSES.

Several species of flies are found commonly in houses. Some of them so
closely resemble the true house fly that it requires very careful
observation to distinguish them from it.

One of these is the biting stable fly[2] (fig. 1). It occurs frequently
in houses and differs from the house fly in the important particular
that its mouth parts are formed for piercing the skin. This fly is so
often mistaken for the house fly that most people think that the house
fly can bite.

Another frequent visitant of houses, particularly in the spring and
fall, is the cluster fly.[3] It is somewhat larger than the house fly,
and is distinguished by its covering of fine yellowish hairs.
Occasionally this fly occurs in houses in such numbers as to cause great
annoyance. It gets its name of "cluster fly" from its habit of
collecting in compact groups or clusters in protected corners during
cold periods.

Several species of metallic greenish or bluish flies also are found
occasionally in houses. These include a blue-bottle fly,[4] the black
blowflies,[5] and the green-bottle (fig. 2) flies.[6] They breed in
decaying animal matter.

[Footnote 1: _Musca domestica_ L.]
[Footnote 2: _Stomoxys calcitrans_ L.]
[Footnote 3: _Po