Shore fly
muddy lake shores and intertidal zones, and they breed readily in other moist environments. In greenhouses, adults feed on algae and their larvae on algae [...] with prominent rear breathing tubes, emerge from the eggs 2–3 days later. These maggots live in and just beneath the algal crust growing on top of the soil/medium [...] where they feed on algae, bacteria, yeasts and other microorganisms. In 3–6 days, they pass through three larval stages and then pupate inside the final