Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 116, August 2014, pp. 1-23. | Page 15

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Prof. Dr. Norman Ali Khalaf-von Jaffa and his wife Ola and daughter Nora infront of AlKa’ba Al-Musharafah in Makkah Al-Mukarramah. On the black Kiswah we can notice a
desert locust. 02.01.2014. http://www.flickr.com/photos/50022881@N00/12033126756/
‫المإلف مع زوجته الحبٌبة عَُل وإبنته الحبٌبة نورة أمام الكعبة المُشرفة ، وٌظهر على كسوة الكعبة المُشرفة جرادة‬
.0..2.0.20 . ‫صحراوٌة تسبح للرحمن خالق الحٌوان‬

Housefly (Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758)
The Housefly (Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758) is a fly of the suborder
Cyclorrhapha. It is the most common of all domestic flies, accounting for about
91% of all flies in human habitations, and indeed one of the most widely
distributed insects, found all over the world. It is considered a pest that can carry
serious diseases (Wikipedia).
The adults are about 5–8 mm long. Their thorax is gray or sometimes even black,
with four longitudinal dark lines on the back. The whole body is covered with
hair-like projections. The females are slightly larger than the males, and have a
much larger space between their red compound eyes. The mass of pupae can
range from about 8 to 20 mg under different conditions (Wikipedia).

Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 116 – August 2014