Shore fly
food crops and ornamentals. Damage symptoms Since all life stages of shore fly feed primarily on microscopic algae, bacteria and other unicellular organisms [...] Pythium , and other root diseases. Life cycle and appearance of the Shore fly Adult Scatella shore flies are 4–5mm long with large eyes, thick bodies and [...] on the surface of the plant growing medium. Short, leathery, translucent-white larvae, around 0.5 mm long and with prominent rear breathing tubes, emerge