Ecology of adult flies
•Adult flies are mainly active during the day, when they feed and mate.
•At night they normally rest, although they adapt to some extent to artificial light.
•Fly densities are highest at mean temperatures of 20–25 ºC; they decrease at temperatures above and below this range and become undetectable at temperatures above 45 º C and below 10 º C.
•The preferred temperature for resting is between 35 º C and 40 º C.
•Oviposition, mating, feeding and flying all stop at temperatures below15 º C.