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  Phylum: ARTHROPODA Class: HEXAPODA Order: Diptera Family: Muscidae
Musca domestica Linnaeus
Common Name
  house fly
   
   
 
Not verified Present
Exotic
Phylum: ARTHROPODA
Class: HEXAPODA
Order: Diptera
Image © free Family: Muscidae
Notes: Introduced with European settlement. Skuse stated in 1890 that it was part of the fauna of Australia, but not until Froggatt in 1904 was a specimen submitted and formally identified. Also on Christmas Island, Norfolk Island and Heard Island
   
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