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A sciarid ovipositing into a leaf of Urtica. The Sciaridae are a family of flies, commonly known as dark-winged fungus gnats.Commonly found in moist environments, they are known to be a pest of mushroom farms and are commonly found in household plant pots.
Most fungus gnats are weak fliers, and can often be seen walking rapidly over plants and soil, rather than flying. However, when airborne, the gnats may be quite annoying to humans by flying into their faces, eyes, and noses, both indoors and outdoors. [4] [5] These flies are sometimes confused with drain flies. [6]
Keroplatidae Rondani (incl. Lygistorrhinidae Edwards, 1925) – long-beaked & predatory fungus gnats; Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834; Rangomaramidae Jaschhof and Didham, 2002 – long-winged fungus gnats [10] Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 – dark-winged fungus gnats † Antefungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1938 † Archizelmiridae Rohdendorf, 1962 ...
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Fungus gnats are small flies that infest soil, potting mixes, and other media. The adults look a bit like mosquitoes, though plumper, with antennae that are longer than their heads.
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Gnat from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, 1665 A female black fungus gnat. A gnat (/ ˈ n æ t /) is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae. [1] Most often they fly in large numbers, called clouds.
Mycetophilidae is a family of small flies, forming the bulk of those species known as fungus gnats. About 3000 described species are placed in 150 genera, but the true number of species is undoubtedly much higher. They are generally found in the damp habitats favoured by their host fungi and sometimes form dense swarms. [1]