The house fly breeds in any type of organic decay. Its main breeding points are human excrement, animal dung, dead carcasses, waste food materials & decaying organic matter.
The fly carries disease producing germs in its body and also on its legs and body which bears numerous minute air. It, therefore transmits germs of over 20 infectious diseases such as cholera, amoebic diarrhea, dysentery, tuberculosis and typhoid fever to human beings. They also cause nuisance by buzzing around food joints, cafeteria, bakeries, juice centre and annoying their customers.
Fly control is one of the challenging job at food processing industries, pharmaceuticals, hotels, food joints etc. It needs a orderly and thorough knowledge of fly control methods.