house fly

Common indoor buzzer

A house fly is the common gray fly found worldwide in human dwellings, attracted to food and waste.

House flies don't bite but spread disease by landing on surfaces after contact with filth.

The term sometimes extends loosely to any fly buzzing around indoors.

Also spelled housefly.

Related

garbage · trash can · wings · compound eyes · annoying · larvae · laying eggs · rotting · disease · disease carrier · kitchen · fruit bowl · summer · crawling · landing · rubbing · hairy · black

Categories
Opposites
insect type/role

house flyhoneybee

Nectar-gathering social insect

bee · butterfly · ladybug · bumblebee · praying mantis

cleanliness/disease association

house flybutterfly

Winged insect from caterpillar

firefly · ladybug · monarch butterfly · luna moth · dragonfly

habitat/domain

house flytsetse fly

African disease-transmitting insect

mayfly · deer fly · horse fly · crane fly

Family

house, fly, houses, housed, housing, housekeeper, household, housewife, housework

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G