Autumn is no time for an outdoor picnic, says entomologist Lynn Kimsey, chair of the University of California, Davis Department of Entomology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. It's fly season.
The common house fly (Musca domestica Linnaeus) breeds in manure, compost piles, dumpsters, and, at this time of year, disced-over tomato fields and vegetable gardens, she said.
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