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The common name of this fly is "Fungus Gnat". Typically this insect is associated with potted plants that are over-watered. Over-watering potted plants promotes fungal growth which the immature stage, maggot, feeds on. Inspect the plant soil and look for the tiny maggots AND shake the plant and see if you observe any adult gnats fly around. If the plant(s) are the source, you can remove them or discard them if possible. Fungus gnats also can be found in damp areas with decaying organic matter. An insecticidal soap can be used to treat the potting soil and mitigate the maggot stages. Additionally, you can install yellow colored sticky traps in the potted plants to monitor for these gnats. Hope this helps. Mike Deutsch MS BCE Urban Entomologist Long Island, New York From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Kacey Page Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:28 AM To: pestlist Subject: [pestlist] Identification Help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello All We keep getting this bug in our pest traps at the Museum. The traps are located in a live insect area (but this is not one we have on display!) Can any one help identify it? Thanks for any help on this! ******************************** Kacey Page Collections Manager Buffalo Museum of Science 1020 Humboldt Parkway Buffalo, NY 14211 716-896-5200 x381 kp...@sciencebuff.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
