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 ...

HARRISBURG, PA — A sweeping new measure to combat the persistent Phorid fly infestation in Chester County’s mushroom farms and nearby residential areas has drawn strong approval from State Rep.

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 ...

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 ...