Although phorid flies in the house are mostly just a nuisance, they do have the potential to spread disease-causing bacteria to food and surfaces, according to the Illinois Department of Public ...

Effective Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued a quarantine order to mitigate phorid flies, also known as Megaselia halterata, after four Chester County municipalities issued ...

“Mushroom phorid flies have been a problem on mushroom farms ... on the grounds of public health and the economy. A mushroom house operates on Creek Road at the border of Kennett Square and ...

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 ...

Invasive phorid flies have reached an all-time high in Chester County’s mushroom central, with residents of Kennett Square, Avondale, and Toughkenamon pointing the finger at nearby mushroom farms, ...

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced Thursday that the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture will require mushroom farms in Kennett Township and New Garden Township in Chester County to ...

The center of the state’s mushroom industry is Chester County, where approximately 2,000 mushroom houses are located. While the proliferation of phorid flies is nothing new to the mushroom industry, ...

The state is helping farmers fight phorid flies by making $500,000 in grants available through the Chester County ... beneath his greenhouse benches and his success led to the construction of the ...

Phorid flies stuck on a trap. They are approximately 1/8 of an inch in length. Nick DeMaio lives on W. South. Street in Kennett Square. He and his wife bought the house in October of 2021, he said, ...