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Describe the life history of a housefly under the headings. i)Eggs ii)Maggots iii)Pupa iv)Imago

      

Describe the life history of a housefly under the headings.
i)Eggs
ii)Maggots
iii)Pupa
iv)Imago

  

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Kavungya
i)Eggs
-When laid they are 1mm long
-Laid in batches of 100 – 150
-Laid in warm decaying matter
-Hatch in about 2 –3 days after being laid.

ii)Maggots
-Bodies segmented with false legs
-Feed on decaying matter
-Grows and moults several times
-Reaches about 1cm long In 5 days.

iii)Pupa
-The pupa is incased into a puparium in which it undergoes growth and development.
-In 3 days time the pupa metamorphosis into an adult.

iv)Imago
-crawls out of puparium into the surface of breeding ground
-the wings expand and harden in the next few hours and then it flies away
-in 10 – 14 days it becomes sexually mature and lays eggs 4 days after mating.
Kavungya answered the question on October 1, 2019 at 09:05


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