Stable fly
between 5–7 mm in size and largely resemble the house fly , even having a four-striped thorax. However, they are light grey in colour; they have a broader abdomen [...] Females require a blood meal just prior to egg laying and never lay eggs before their third-ever feeding (on average, a fly must feed four times before it can [...] oviposit for the first time). After mating the females lay their small (~1 mm long), white, sausage-shaped eggs (singly, or in bunches of 25–30) in humid