Shore fly
shore flies are 4–5mm long with large eyes, thick bodies and short antennae, and their wings can have greyish brown patches. While shore flies are strong, [...] around 0.5 mm long and with prominent rear breathing tubes, emerge from the eggs 2–3 days later. These maggots live in and just beneath the algal crust growing [...] unicellular organisms, they do not cause any direct damage to plant production. However, they are considered a nuisance pest because the flies: Leave their