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• Adult houseflies never have chewing mouthparts. They use saliva to change solids to liquids. Sponge-like mouthparts pick up semi-liquid foods, such as feces and decaying matter.
• Hence Housefly feeds on sugar by Dissolving in saliva and sucking because they do not have chewing mouthparts.
• So, the correct answer is '.Dissolving in saliva and sucking'.

• The female housefly usually mates only once and stores the sperm for later use. She lays batches of about 100 eggs on decaying organic matter such as food waste, carrion, or faeces. These soon hatch into legless white mature larvae, known as maggots.
• This larval stage is further followed by pupa and adult stages.
• Hence Mature larva of Housefly is Maggot.
• So, the correct answer is 'Maggot'.

• The pupal stage occurs only in holometabolic insects i.e those that undergo a complete metamorphosis, going through four life stages; egg, larva, pupa, and imago(adult). For example, Housefly, Beetle, Butterfly, moths, wasps, etc.
• During the time of pupation, that the adult structures of the insect are formed whilst the larval structures are broken down.
• Hence Pupa occurs in the life cycle of Housefly.
• So, the correct answer is 'Housefly',

• The female housefly usually mates only once and stores the sperm for later use. She lays batches of about 100 eggs on decaying organic matter such as food waste, carrion, or feces.
  
• House fly eggs are laid in almost any warm, moist material that will supply suitable food for the larvae. For example, Cow/Horse dung.
• Hence Common House Fly (Musca nebulo) lays eggs on Cow/Horse dung.
• So, the correct answer is 'Cow/Horse dung.

• Metamorphosis is defined as the series of changes that occur during the development of adult from the larva.
• The order of metamorphosis in Housefly is Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
  
• So, the correct answer is 'Egg, larva, pupa, and adult'.

Houseflies are generally found feeding and breeding on trash and rotten food where they get attached to several pathogens which are further transmitted by these flies to a healthy host. Housefly pupae contain large amounts of protein and are thus especially beneficial to the various birds, reptiles, and insects that prey on them. 

BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) refers to the amount of the oxygen that would be consumed if all the organic matter in one liter of water were oxidized by bacteria. The BOD test measures the rate of update of oxygen by microorganisms in a sample of water and thus, indirectly BOD is the measure of the organic matter present in the water. The greater the BOD of wastewater more is its polluting potential.