Observations

On February 10th the larva that I had turned into a fly. The pupa stayed in its shell for five days befor it emerged from the shell. The pupa was a dark brown color and about an inch in length with a cylinder shape. There were small black ridges surrounding it and on one end there was a white ridge. The fly emerged from the side that did not have the white ridge, it created a small opening and got out. The fly explored the small container for a couple hours walking back and forth. The fly was black throughout and had transluscent wings. It had three legs on each side of its body for a total of six. I took the fly out to the trash room and placed on top of a garbage can. At first the fly struggled to walk it moved its wings a couple of times but could not make it more than two inches off of the ground. Fairly quickly the fly adjusted to its new enviornment and started to fly and it flew around the room.