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| Common cluster fly | | The common cluster fly (Pollenia Rudis), also known simply as the cluster fly, belongs to the order (Diptera), suborder Brachycera, infraorder Muscomorpha (Sub-Department: Calyptratae) the superfamily Oestroidea and to the family blowflies (Calliphoridae). It is of the subfamily Polleniinae and the genus Pollenia. This ... | | |
| | In summer you can see the common cluster fly in flowers, on overripe fruit, carrion or dung heaps, in September, on blooming goldenrod (Solidago) and in October, in large numbers on sunlit tree trunks or on walls. The common cluster fly likes to suck up sap ‘bleeding’ from trees. | | |
| | | The common cluster fly poses no threat to humans, as it doesn’t lay eggs in human food stores. Nevertheless, it can be annoying, especially when it occurs en masse. Insectivores are natural enemies of the common cluster fly. | | |
| | The common cluster fly is medium-sized, reaching body lengths of 4.5 to 12 mm. Its body is brownish-black. Its head is whitish-grey and it has a dark marking covered with black bristles in the middle of its face. The eyes, which are on top of the head and nearly ... | | |
| | ... the sides. At the edges of the scutellum are 6-8 long, black bristles. The abdomen is olive coloured with some light patches. The wings, span 12-16 mm, shimmer brownish, have black veins and overlap on the abdomen in resting position. The common cluster fly is cumbersome in flight. | | |
| | Common cluster flies mate from May on. The females lay eggs in crevices in the soil. The development from larvae to adult takes about two months. After hatching, the larvae infect earthworms from the family Lumbricidae (especially those of the genus Allolobopho... | | |
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