Shore fly
0.5 mm long and with prominent rear breathing tubes, emerge from the eggs 2–3 days later. These maggots live in and just beneath the algal crust growing [...] new adults emerge after 4–5 days. Adult shore flies typically live between 2–3 weeks after eclosion. [...] soil, pots, benches, and other surfaces and the female disperses her tiny (0.1 mm) eggs on the surface of the plant growing medium. Short, leathery, tran