Shapiro administration takes action to support Southeast PA Mushroom Farmers in controlling destructive phorid fly ...

Pennsylvania is stepping up efforts to protect its $1.1 billion mushroom industry from an invasive insect that's harming ...

The Shapiro administration is stepping in to help Pennsylvania’s mushroom farmers combat a destructive pest with a newly ...

Phorid flies, particularly those from the family Phoridae, have emerged as promising biological control agents against various ant species, especially leaf-cutting ants like Atta laevigata and ...

But Nerney and his wife's home is now one of the latest in the area to be invaded by thousands of phorid flies, which thrive in the soil of the mushroom farms near his property. The invasion is ...

KENNETT SQUARE — Southern Chester County is abuzz with hopeful solutions to tackle the rising impact of the phorid fly, an invasive pest responsible for destroying as much as 40% of the region ...

Kennett Square has long billed itself as The Mushroom Capital of the World, but this past autumn the capital was invaded. The attacker? Phorid flies. Kennett Mayor Matt Fetick has issued an emergency ...

But Nerney and his wife's home is now one of the latest in the area to be invaded by thousands of phorid flies, which thrive in the soil of the mushroom farms near his property. The invasion is ...

According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, folks in places such as Kennett Square and Avondale — the former being he aforementioned mushroom capital — have noticed an uptick in the phorid fly ...