Housefly Zoology Poster

We've recently obtained a series of Scientific German Educational Charts that were originally illustrated in the 1950s and 60s.
They continue to be produced by the same printing company. This manufacturer has been internationally recognized for producing scientifically accurate educational charts since 1929.

These charts have been reissued using the original film and same methods as the first printing. They are printed without inscription for university study and aesthetic purposes with special attention paid to anatomical detail and accuracy.

They are mounted on canvas and fitted with stable wooden rods. They measure 44.5 inches tall by 32.25 inches wide (85 cm x 120 cm). Each chart comes with a nylon cord that passes through the top wooden rod for easy hanging.
They come rolled and are shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Included with each poster is a key with accompanying text in English, German, French, and Spanish.

House Fly Key - Musca domestica

Fig. 1 Enlarged side view of the body. At rest fore-wings are slightly turned back. Fig. 2 Enlarged dorsal view with right fore-wing and its two appendages: Alula and Squamula alaris. Under the chitin of the prothorax the swing bar. Fig. 3 Side view of the head: on the prothorax an air tube (stigmata). Above the facet eye a simple eye, right on the front of head the two three-membral antennae with the arista (Within the antenna the Johnstone organ with hearing function the thickened third member (mace-formed) and the arista perceive currents of air. In each member of the antennae olfactory organs): Downwards is the licking-sucking labium, which by transformation of the mouth parts has become pipe for food and saliva. Fig. 4 End parts of the maxillae with stiffened grooves. Fig. 5 End joint of foot (tarsus) with claws and the finely haired adhesive discs. Fig. 6 Eggs. Fig. 7 Larva in feeding stage. At the fore end to the right are one of the two mouth hooks and a respiration hole at the hind end two respiration holes (stigmata). Fig. 8 Pupa: escaping young fly with head bladder.