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sciarid

DEFINITIONS OF: sciarid

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n minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings

Synonyms:
fungus gnat, sciara
Types:
armyworm
larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted
Type of:
dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
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