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The cheese fly, cheese skipper, or ham skipper (Piophila casei) is a species of fly from the family Piophilidae whose larvae are known to infest cured meats, smoked or salted fish, cheeses and carrion. On the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, the larvae are intentionally introduced into pecorino cheese to produce the characteristic casu martzu.
[7] [8] These organisms are known as cheese skippers because when startled, the larvae (which often infest cured meats and cheese) can leap several inches into the air. [9] P. xanthostoma is an important model organism for sexual selection, larval behavior, and adult reproductive success and survivability. [10]
Protopiophila is a genus of cheese skippers (insects in the family Piophilidae). There are eleven described species in Protopiophila. [1] ... Agriculture Canada ...
The mature larva is about 8 mm (0.31 in) long and is sometimes called the cheese skipper because of its leaping ability - when disturbed, this tiny maggot can hop some 15 cm (6 in) into the air. [4] Adults are also known as bacon flies and their larvae as bacon skippers, ham skippers, cheese maggots, cheese hoppers, etc.
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Epargyreus clarus – silver-spotted skipper; Urbanus proteus – long-tailed skipper; Achalarus lyciades – hoary edge; Thorybes bathyllus – southern cloudywing; Thorybes pylades – northern cloudywing
Hesperia leonardus, the Leonard's skipper, [2] is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.There are three subspecies. Next to the nominate species, these are the Pawnee skipper (ssp. pawnee), which is found in North America from western Montana and south-eastern Saskatchewan east to Minnesota, south to central Colorado and Kansas.
Anatrytone logan, the Delaware skipper, is a North American butterfly. It is a member of the subfamily Hesperiinae , the grass skippers. This skipper ranges from the southern Canadian Prairies and southern Ontario through the midwestern and eastern United States.