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It seems that every time you get out in the yard for a BBQ, every fly in the county knows your doing it. Next thing you know those pesty things are everywhere. If you grab a fly swatter they tend to leave you alone. Before we grill we spray the whole area with a bug killer and hope for the best. The housefly is found in nearly every part of the world. The entire life cycle of the fly in between 7-25 days which means there are many generations produced in one summer. A fly generally lays about 500 eggs, one at a time. When the eggs hatch the larvae are a whitish, legless cylindrical shape. These are maggots and they go through 3 instars or stages. When they are grown they crawl to a cool dry area and transform into the pupal stage. The pupal case is formed from the larval skin and varies is color from yellow to brown. The fly emerges from the case by a shrinking and swelling sac in its head. It is used as a tool to help break out of the case. The adult female is larger than the ma