Identify the development type associated with house flies.

The development type associated with house flies is holometabolous, which refers to a complete metamorphosis that includes four distinct life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Holometabolous insects, such as house flies, undergo a significant transformation during their life cycle. For house flies, the process begins with an egg that hatches into a larva (maggot), which then develops into a pupa. During the pupal stage, the body of the fly undergoes a complete reorganization to emerge as a fully formed adult fly.

This method of development is advantageous for many insects because it allows for different life stages to occupy different ecological niches, potentially reducing competition for resources between larvae and adults. The other types of development mentioned, such as ametabolous and hemimetabolous, do not apply to house flies. Ametabolous insects undergo little to no metamorphosis and typically only display changes in size, while hemimetabolous insects develop through incomplete metamorphosis, which involves egg, nymph, and adult stages without a pupal stage. Non-insect would not apply, as house flies clearly fall within the insect category.