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i have just recently ( the past 2 days) have had to kill at least 6 flies that look like 2-3 times bigger than the normal fly plus these nasty red beety eyes, i have later found out by looking them up they are called flesh flies. it says they die within 5-7 days but i have a 6 month old and if these things are eating flesh and flying around my house is this harmful to us?
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Yvonne57
I don't know about dangerous but they are disgusting - you don't want them in your house.
Flesh-flies can carry leprosy bacilli and can transmit intestinal pseudomyiasis to people who eat the flesh-fly larvae. Flesh-flies, particularly Wohlfahrtia magnifica, can also cause myiasis in animals, mostly to sheep, and can give them blood poisoning, or asymptomatic leprosy infections.
Gross Huh?
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