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How to Get Rid of Phorid Flies in 7 Steps—Even If You’ve Tried Everything
v=1 In the warmer months, it’s not uncommon to find your indoor space disrupted by an unexpected guest: the phorid fly, also called the filth fly. These tiny phorid flies, often mistaken for ...
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Pennsylvania mandates quarantine order at all Kennett, New Garden mushroom houses to combat phorid fly crisis
The phorid fly that is found at mushroom houses in Chester County is called Megaselia halterata. (PHOTO COURTESY OF MALACHI BROUGHT OF THE PENN STATE MUSHROOM FLY RESEARCH TEAM) Pennsylvania ...
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Penn State researchers developing strategies to diminish mushroom phorid flies
UNIVERSITY PARK — In southeastern Pennsylvania, where 60 percent of U.S. mushrooms are grown, phorid flies are posing a threat to the industry, destroying up to 40 percent of the crop and ...
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Biology and Behavior of Pseudacteon Decapitating Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) That Parasitize Solenopsis Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
https://doi.org/10.2307/3495920 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/3495920 Larvae of phorid flies in the genus Pseudacteon have the unusual habit of decapitating fire ...