The " M . stabulans " species were found in a study determining synanthropy ( ecologically associated with humans ) with the adult Muscidae species collected in urban, rural and natural environments in Valdivia, Chile.
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:: : : I notice that Calliphoridae such as bluebottles seem to make more noise than Muscidae such as house flies, which can sometimes be virtually silent, until sprayed with insecticide anyway .-- feed me 07 : 43, 22 July 2011 ( UTC)
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Larvae of most species are scavengers of carrion and dung, and most likely constitute the majority of the maggots found in such material, although they are not uncommonly found in close association with other dipterous larvae from the families Sarcophagidae and Muscidae, and many other acalyptrate muscoid flies.
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Surveys of insect visitors to " Orites " species in mainland Australia and New Zealand suggest pollination by small to medium insects such as bees in the genera " Lasioglossum " and " Hylaeus " and many types of flies including families Syrphidae, Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Empididae and Tachinidae, all of which occur in Tasmania.
