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 ...
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 invading homes. To combat the ...
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 ...