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Scuttle fly (Phoridae)

A scuttle fly (family Phoridae), the group that includes phorid flies of mushroom crops, seen from above.

Media ID
MF-OPEN-PHORID-SCUTTLE-FLY-CLOSE-UP-01
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LICENSED
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not applicable
Record checked
2026-09-24
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Top view of a small brown humped fly with veined wings on a pale yellow background.

    Technical caption

    What this shows

    Phorids are humped, run in short bursts and look stockier than sciarids. The photograph shows the family, not a farm infestation.

    Confirmation basis: Subject, location and authorship follow the Wikimedia Commons file record; the image was inspected before publication and no production claim is inferred.

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    What this does not prove

    This is a real, open-licensed contextual image. It does not establish this platform's farm, operating setpoint, construction specification, diagnosis, yield or commercial result.

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    Traceable without exposing private metadata.

    Source class
    EXTERNAL OPEN MEDIA
    Owner
    Katja Schulz / Wikimedia Commons
    Usage
    CC BY 2.0; derivative resized and converted to WebP without substantive visual alteration.
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    not_required
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    No
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    Open source page
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    CC BY 2.0