R: Musca domestica… The adults are about 5-8 mm long. Their thorax is grey with four longitudinal dark lines on the back. The whole body is covered with hair-like projections. The females are slightly larger than the males, and have a much larger space between their compound eyes.
G: Oooh Reggie, you know so much!
R: Each female can lay approximately 500 eggs in several batches of about 75 to 150. The female is receptive for mating after 36 hours. The male mounts her from behind to inject sperm.
G: Oooh, Reggie you’re going to make me blush!
R: Normally, the female mates only once, storing the sperm to use it repeatedly for laying several sets of eggs. But we rarely partake of Musca domesticas, Gwyneth my pretty catesbeiana!.
G: I should say!
R: Now here’s a tasty treat for us… Culiesta longiarelata!
G: Oooh, Reggie! You speak Latin so well!
R: And can I interest you in a superb Puligny-Montrachet? It’s a 1er Cru les Pucelles of decent vintage. I love the hue, a scent of tropical fruit with a slight smoky tinge, breathtaking on palate and a glorious finish and the way it glides into the horizon and forecasts a star-kissed eve!
G: Oooh, Reggie!
R: And now a morsel of Rhithrogena germanica. Prefect with the Puligny! Gwyneth, my Green Beauty… are you pondering what I’m pondering?
G: Oooh, Reggie! If we hop over to the log flume, the whip and the Cyclone and ride them dozens times after all the Rhithrogenas and Puligny? Won’t we throw up?
R: Rrrrribbet!
