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2018 10 04 Common House Fly (Musca domestica), Trimingham (2)🪰

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SpeciesDipteraMuscidae
Arthropods

🪰Housefly

Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758

Moucha domácí (Musca domestica) je nejčastější druh dvoukřídlých vyskytující se v domovech. Často je považována za škůdce, který může přenášet vážné nemoci. Hlavní predátoři jsou pavouci, ropuchy a žáby. V letu dosahuje rychlosti kolem 8 km/h. Délka života mouchy je asi 3–4 týdny. Moucha domácí patří mezi 120 tisíc druhů much, které na světě existují.

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Also called
Musca domestica, house fly
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderDiptera
  5. ›familyMuscidae
  6. ›genusMusca
  7. ›speciesMusca domestica
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderFlies · Diptera
  3. genusMusca
  4. subgenusMusca subgenus Musca
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderFlies · Diptera
  7. suborderBrachycera
  8. familyMuscidae
  9. genusMusca
  10. subgenusMusca subgenus Musca
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huonekärpänen (fi), 집파리 (ko), husfluga (sv), 家蠅 (zh), Mucha domowa (pl), mosca doméstica (es) … and 25 more languages
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