Housefly is the commonest pests found in our communities and is dangerous in our health.The housefly is black in colour and some are green, with spotted colours.
It lays its eggs in dirty places where there are rotting things,areas such as heaps of composts,human refuses and all decayed animal and vegetable matter.The housefly is always seen loitering right around in the house especially in humid warmer places than in dry cool areas.
The housefly's breeding places are its comfotable filthy areas where the larva or maggots conducively develop in refuse heaps and feed on liquid for 48 hours to 96 hours .
The maggorts remain dormant for five to eight days in summer and four to five months in winter.
The fully developed adult emerges from the pupa and the reproduction of eggs .The houseflies rapidly reproduced in humid hot summers and decrease as the winter approaching. Very few can exist in warm areas of our homes throughout the winter.
Due to its feeding habits,that is ,it settles on food then it vomits its food which is toxic to our food we are ready to eat.This then spread germs that contaminate our food and consequently we got sick of diseases such as dysentery ,diarrhoea,cholera,fever ,typhoid this diseases threaten our human health.
It is the spread of these diseases that is a major concern to eliminate the vector housefly. The houseflies should be carefully eliminated and left to do its best in areas such as pit latrines,composing sites etc.
Rubbish sites like composite heaps should be placed away from our homes if possible .The rubbish bins should be empted on regulary basis and always cleaned to reduce ordour smells that attracts these flies.If rubbish bins are made of metal materials , should be lined with a plastic bag and the plastic bag should empted on daily basis.The bins should be always closed with a tight lid, so as to avoid flies inside and out freely whilst spreading germs.
The bins should be washed with hot soapy water and left to dry so that they remain clean and dry to avoid attracting flies.
In rural areas rubbish pits should be placed away from home ,usually to wind side direction so that flies can not detect the smells from people's homes.Latrines should be always left clean after use them and should not keep moisture on its floors.Therefore should be kept neat and dry and can be treated with environmental free cleaning products which do not affect the ecosystem in a long run.
If these are difficult to source smoke of green leaves or cow dung can help to do away with lot of flies.
The gulley traps outdoors should be kept thouroghly cleaned so that flies will not be attracted .
Remember to do other hygienic practices such as to keep all food items closed if are not ready for eating, washing hands thouroughly after using the toilet or when eating any food.Personal hygiene is very important which in any case if one prepares food with dirty clothes flies are attracted.
The use of flyproof netts on windows and doors will effectively hinder any pests from entering in our houses.
Commercial methods of using insectcides is still practiced although these days the awareness campaign is to use environment friendly products to conserve our precious environment.In African cultures they can use indegenous bushes which produce strong smell that expel flies away or use of parafin/kerosene on tables,sinks or cupboards where flies usually breed.Parafin scare away flies.Mats should be kept also clean to avoid flies.
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