R: Musca domestica\u2026<\/i> The adults are about 5-8\u00a0mm 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.<\/p>\n
G:\u00a0 Oooh Reggie, you know so much!<\/p>\n
R:\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
G:\u00a0 Oooh, Reggie you\u2019re going to make me blush!<\/p>\n
R:\u00a0 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, <\/i>Gwyneth my pretty catesbeiana!<\/i>.<\/p>\n
G:\u00a0 I should say!<\/p>\n
R:\u00a0 Now here\u2019s a tasty treat for us\u2026 Culiesta longiarelata!<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
G:\u00a0 Oooh, Reggie!\u00a0 You speak Latin so well!<\/p>\n
R:\u00a0 And can I interest you in a superb Puligny-Montrachet?\u00a0 It\u2019s a 1er Cru les Pucelles of decent vintage.\u00a0 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!<\/p>\n
G:\u00a0 Oooh, Reggie!<\/p>\n
R:\u00a0 And now a morsel of Rhithrogena germanica<\/i>.\u00a0 Prefect with the Puligny!\u00a0 Gwyneth, my Green Beauty\u2026 are you<\/b> pondering what I\u2019m<\/b> pondering?<\/p>\n
G:\u00a0 Oooh, Reggie!\u00a0 If we hop over to the log flume, the whip and the Cyclone and ride them dozens times after all the Rhithrogenas <\/i>and Puligny?\u00a0 Won\u2019t we throw up?<\/p>\n
R:\u00a0 Rrrrribbet!<\/p>\n
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