Bed-jacket vs House fly

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Hydrotaea aenescens

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while House fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	House fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Muscidae
Genus	Alectryon	Hydrotaea
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Hydrotaea aenescens

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

House fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	House fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

House fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (17 countries) and North America (United States).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.